Bettens

Bettens

Bettens is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Bettens is at 584 m above sea level. Level, 13 km north- northwest of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located on a hill to the plateau of the Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland, east of the valley of the Venoge.

The area of ​​3.7 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently sloping plateau to the west of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The western boundary is formed by the Bach Ruisseau de Pra Gouma, in the south the boundary runs along the stream Ruisseau de Malomba; both drain the area to Venoge. To the east of the municipality extends to the floor gently undulating plateau to the nature reserve Lac Coffy. The highest point of Bettens is 613 m above sea level. M. in the southeastern reaches of the forest Bois Ramel. From the municipality surface 1997 17 % came from settlements, 13 % of forest and woody plants, 69 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Bettens include several individual farms. The neighboring communities of Bettens are in the southeast Boussens, in the south Bournens, in the west Daillens, in the north Oulens -sous- Echallens, in the northeast of Saint-Barthélemy and the east Bioley -Orjulaz.

Population

With 401 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bettens is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 94.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.2 % and 1.2 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Bettens amounted in 1850 to 240 inhabitants, 1900 also at 240 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 167 to 1960 inhabitants, a significant population increase was observed again since then.

Economy

Bettens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture has an important role in the economic structure of the population. East of the village there is an extensive gravel mining area. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in the greater Lausanne area.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It is located on a main route from Lausanne via Cheseaux -sur- Lausanne to Orbe. The highway connecting La Sarraz at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is approximately 3 km from the resort. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Chavornay, Bettens is connected to the public transport network.

History

The municipality's territory stone slab graves were discovered from the Burgundian with rich grave goods. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1141 under the name Betanis. Later the names of prayer ( 1142 ), Bectens ( 1149 ) and Beteins ( 1228 ) published. The place name comes from the Burgundian people named Beto, a popular form of Adalbert, back and means for the people of Beto.

In Bettens the Canons of the Great Saint Bernard talked since 1145 a small priory. The temporal power was incumbent since the Middle Ages the noble family of Bettens, which was under the Lords of Cossonay. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Bettens came under the administration of Kastlanei Daillens in the Bailiwick Moudon. The Prioratsgüter were secularized with the introduction of the Reformation. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village 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 Bettens was initially assigned to the District Echallens, 1803 it came to the district Cossonay.

Attractions

The Church of Bettens in 1725, built on the site of a medieval house of worship, the tower dates from 1765th The Castle of Bettens, a manor house, was built in the early 18th century.

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