Bellerive, Switzerland

Aerial view of Bellerive

Bellerive (VD ) was a municipality in the district Broye Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The fusion of Bellerive Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars -le- Grand to the municipality Vully -les -Lacs was implemented on 1 July 2011.

Geography

Bellerive is located at 533 m above sea level. M., 12.5 km northeast of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The farming village extends to a terrace on the southern slope of the ridge between Lake Neuchatel and Murten, a scenic location about 100 m above the Broyeebene and the lake level of Lake Morat, the Swiss Plateau.

The area of ​​2.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion west of Lake Murten. The communal land extends from the shore on either side of the mouth of the Broye westward into the Broyeebene and northwest on the ridge (foothills of Mont Vully) that slopes with a steep slope to the plane and towards the lake. At the height of Bas de l' Asse is 575 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Bellerive. The western boundary of the area forms a deepened in the Molasserücken erosion valley. From the municipal area in 1997, 22 % came from settlements, 10 % of forest and shrubs, 64% to agriculture and a little less than 4% was unproductive land.

At Bellerive, the main part of the village Salavaux (436 m above sea level. M. ) on the northern edge of the Broyeebene and the hamlets Cotterd include ( 481 m above sea level. M. ) on a terrace on the southern slope of the ridge and Vallamand- Dessous ( 433 m above sea level. M. ) on the western shore of Lake Murten. Neighboring municipalities of Bellerive were Constantine, Montmagny, Cudrefin and Vallamand.

Population

With 632 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Bellerive was one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 67.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 28.2 % 2.7 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Bellerive amounted in 1850 to 402 residents in 1900 to 487 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 412 to 1970 inhabitants, a significant population increase has been registered since then again.

Economy

Bellerive was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. On the southern slope below the village there is an extensive wine region. More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. Bellerive is the site of a nursing home. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns. South of the Broye, near the shores of Lake Murten, there is a large holiday village with around 200 chalets.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed, even though it is off the major thoroughfares on a link road from Avenches to Cudrefin. The motorway connection Avenches off the A1 ( Lausanne- Bern ) is around 7 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Avenches to Cudrefin, Bellerive and its districts is connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory of Bellerive was settled very early. The earliest evidence are remains of Bronze Age riparian settlements on Lake Murten at Vallamand lingerie. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Balariva. Later, the Latinized name Pulchra ripa ( 1240) and appeared Bellariva ( 1299 ). The place name is derived from the French word beau, belle ( beautiful) and rive ( bank) together.

Since the Middle Ages Bellerive formed its own little rule, which was closely linked to the early 18th century with the reign Grandcour. It was under the in the 14th century the Lords of Grandson and came in 1397 in the area of ​​influence of the House of Savoy. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Avenches. After the collapse of the ancien régime Bellerive in 1798 affiliated to the Canton of Fribourg during the Helvetic Republic. With the enactment of the Act of Mediation in 1803 the village was re- allocated together with the present-day district of Avenches an exclave of the Canton of Vaud. Until 1811 Bellerive formed with the neighboring villages of Constantine and Montmagny a larger municipality. 2005, a preliminary study for the merger of Bellerive Constantine, Montmagny and Vallamand was carried out to the community Vully -les -Lacs.

Attractions

Bellerive and Cotterd have characteristic agricultural and wine farmhouses dating from the 17th to the 19th century. The parish church Saint- Séverin is in Cotterd. She goes in the core back to a medieval building, but was rebuilt in 1702; the parsonage dates back from 1752.

The Castle of Salavaux is only slightly outside the municipal boundary on the ground of Constantine. It was originally built in the 13th century and still has a round tower from the founding period. These homes come largely from the 19th century. In Vallamand- lingerie stands the castle, which was the seat of the Lords of Bellerive since its construction in the early 18th century.