Montherod
Mont Herod is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Mont Herod is situated on 593 m above sea level. M., 10 km west of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The farming village extends to the plateau above the Vaud Cote, west of the deep Taleinschnitts of the river Aubonne.
The area of 5.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the plateau of the Jura foothills. The southern part lies in the headwaters of the creek Armary. To the north extends the communal land of the valley of the Sandoleyre and the Bois des Soules to the Valley of deeply buried in the molasse Saubrette. The northeastern border is the river of Aubonne, which is dammed at La Vaux in a small pond. The highest point of Mont Herod is 692 m above sea level. M. reached on the plateau at La Fouly. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 46 % of forest and shrubs, 48% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Montherod include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Mont Herod are Aubonne, Gimel, Saubraz, Bière and Saint -Livres.
Population
With 517 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Mont Herod is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 87.0 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.6 % and 3.0 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Mont Herod amounted in 1900 to 265 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 173 to 1970 inhabitants, since a rapid population increase was recorded with a doubling of the population within 30 years.
Economy
Mont Herod was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Still plays agriculture as a branch of the population an important role, with the crop and livestock farming dominate. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. The municipal area is home to the wood museum and a large part of the Arboretum of Aubonne. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community, which is why many employed persons to pursue their work away.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road that leads from Aubonne via Gimel on the Col du Marchairuz in the Vallée de Joux. By Postbus course, which runs from Allaman about Aubonne to Gimel, Mont Herod is connected to the public transport network. By 1950, held with the Chemin de fer Allaman - Aubonne - Gimel also a tram in Mont Herod.
History
The first written mention of the village in the 13th century under the name Montero. Later, the names Monterot ( 1344) and Montherot published ( 1349 ). The place name derives from Mont connected to the persons name Turold. Mont Herod was under the Lords of Aubonne. Since the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village shared the fortunes of Aubonne 1701 and came to the bailiwick Aubonne. After the collapse of the ancien régime Mont Herod 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. In 1798 it was assigned to the District Aubonne.
Attractions
Personalities
- Georges- André Chevallaz