Bioley-Orjulaz

Bioley -Orjulaz

Bioley -Orjulaz is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The name suffix Orjulaz used to distinguish the community Bioley- Magnoux.

Geography

Bioley -Orjulaz is located on 603 m above sea level. M., 3.5 km south-west of Echallens and 11 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The farming village stretches along the eastern foot of a hill on the plateau of Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​3.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. In the western part of the municipality is located on the hills of Bioley -Orjulaz, on 621 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. To the east of the municipality of ground covers in a wide valley, which is in the north of the brook Mortigue, a tributary of the talent that flows through. In the far north the area is enough to light the elevation of Mont Ticino (up to 604 m above sea level. M. ). The southern part of the municipality is occupied by woodland Bois d' Orjulaz. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 18% of forest and shrubs, 71% to agriculture and about 1% was unproductive land.

To Bioley -Orjulaz include a new residential area on the southern slope of the hill village and an industrial area west of the village hill on the edge of the gravel pit. The neighboring communities of Bioley -Orjulaz are in the north Saint -Barthélemy, Assen in the east, in the south Etagnières, southwest and west Boussens Bettens.

Population

With 457 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bioley -Orjulaz is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.4 % and 1.4 % Spanish speaking (as of 2000). The population of Bioley -Orjulaz amounted in 1850 to 245 residents in 1900 to 220 inhabitants. Since 1980 (181 inhabitants) a significant increase in population was observed.

Economy

Bioley -Orjulaz until the 20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Today, the farming and fruit growing have only a minor role in the occupational structure of the population. West of the town there is a large gravel pit which is being exploited since the 19th century. Since the 1970s, new companies set up operations in the city, including operations of the transportation and construction, wood processing and a company that specializes in herbal trade. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Lausanne area.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via normal, although it is located away from larger thoroughfares. The motorway Cossonay and La Sarraz at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) are both only 5 km away from the resort. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Chavornay, Bioley -Orjulaz is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1192 under the name Oriola, derived from the Latin word aureolus ( golden ). Later, the names Biolley published orjeux ( 1516) and Bioley- Orjioulaz (1527 ). Bioley goes back to the French word Boulaie ( Birch Grove ).

Since the Middle Ages the village belonged to the lords of Echallens, which gave the forest of Orjulaz the Abbey Lac de Joux (L' Abbaye ) to use. After the Burgundian Wars, the village came in 1476 at the Bailiwick Orbe Echallens, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. After the collapse of the ancien régime Bioley -Orjulaz 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 Echallens.

Attractions

The village belongs to the parish of Assen. Since 1903 there is a Reformed Church in Bioley -Orjulaz. In the center are some typical farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. Noteworthy are several memory including a memory stone with Renaissance windows of 1720 and a wooden granary from the 17th century.