Bofflens

Bofflens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Bofflens is located on 572 m above sea level. M., 3 km southwest of the village Orbe and 13 km southwest of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The farming village extends Vaud Mittelland to the Jura foot plateau between the Orbeebene and the first Jura chain.

The area of ​​4.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura plateau. This is slightly inclined towards the east and forms at Bofflens a small depression, which opens against Agiez. To the east of the trough, the survey Pepet is ( 589 m above sea level. M. ). In the south of the municipality floor extends to the edge of the forest Bioute. To the west, the area extends to the forest height Cret of Fives, on the with 659 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Bofflens is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 23 % of forest and woody plants and 73% to agriculture.

To Bofflens include some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Bofflens are in the northeast Agiez, in the southeast Arnex -sur -Orbe, in the southwest of Croy, in the west Romainmôtier -Envy and northwest Bretonnières.

Population

With 185 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bofflens one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 96.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.2 % and 0.6 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Bofflens has since 1850 (332 inhabitants ) is continuously removed ( 1900, 249 inhabitants in 1970 142 inhabitants).

Economy

Bofflens is a dominantly agricultural village today. Thanks to the fertile lands on the foot of the Jura plateau agriculture is predominantly operated. More jobs offers local small businesses.

Traffic

The community is fairly easy to reach. It lies on the main road from Orbe via Croy and over the pass Petra Felix in the Vallée de Joux. By Postbus course, which runs from Orbe to Vaulion, Bofflens is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The earliest traces of settlement in the municipality of Bofflens go back to the Hallstatt and La Tène period. Furthermore, graves were discovered in the early Middle Ages. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1007 under the name in curte Bofflenis; 1011 appeared the name Boflinges and already in 1049 the present name. The place name derives probably from the Burgundian personal names Baudulf or Bodulf.

Bofflens belonged in the 10th century the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, 1011 it came to the monastery Romainmôtier. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village was part of the Kastlanei and bailiwick Romainmôtier. After the collapse of the ancien régime Bofflens 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. It was in 1798 the district of Orbe allocated. Bofflens possessed in the 19th century, a vocational school for carpentry and joinery.

Attractions

The Church of Bofflens was built in 1914, the school building dates from the 18th century. In the center are some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.