Missy, Switzerland
Missy is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The former German name disregard ( 1446 mentions ) is no longer used today.
Geography
Missy is on 442 m above sea level. M., 7 km north- northeast of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The former street line village extends slightly increased on the northern edge of the Broyeebene, at the foot of the ridge between Lake Neuchâtel and the lower Broyetal, in the northeastern Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 3.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Broyeebene. The communal land extends from the channelized Broye northward over the intensively farmed level, which is traversed by the wedged into a channel bed Petite Glane. North of the level of Molasserücken adjoined, which forms the southwestern continuation of the Mont Vully. In the field of Missy, this height is separated by the little valley of the Ruisseau des Vaux in the amount L' Ecrua in the west and in the east Fochaux. On the latter is at 475 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Missy. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 2% forest and shrubs, 87 % to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.
At the farm cluster Missy Les Pièces part ( 439 m above sea level. M. ) on the edge of Broyeebene. Neighboring communities of Missy are Corcelles- près -Payerne in the canton of Vaud and Vallon, Saint- Aubin, Domdidier and Dompierre in the Canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 326 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Missy is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the residents, 86.6 % are French-speaking, German-speaking and 10.9 % 1.5 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Missy amounted in 1860 to 266 residents in 1900 to 359 inhabitants. After the population had declined by 1980 to 252 persons, a slight increase in population was registered again since then.
Economy
Missy was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture (particularly cereals, sugar beet and vegetable crops ) and fruit production have an important role in the economic structure of the population. In the 18th century there was also horse breeding. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who work mainly in Payerne.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Estavayer -le- Lac to Sugiez. The motorway connection Avenches off the A1 ( Lausanne- Bern ) is approximately 6 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Estavayer -le- Lac to Freiburg, Missy is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1148 under the name Missiacum. Later, the names Messi ( 1158 ), Missiaco ( 1183 ), Missye ( 1260 ) and Missie ( 1343 ) published. The name goes back to the Roman family names Missius.
Since its first mention Missy belonged to the Cluniac Priory Payerne. The Lords of Grandcour had rich land in the municipality. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the government of Payerne. After the collapse of the ancien régime Missy belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the District Payerne.
Attractions
The present church was built in 1810 by Missy. In the center some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.