Carrouge
Carrouge
Carrouge ( [ kaʀuʒ ], in the local Provençal dialect [(a) karɔʣu ] ) is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The abbreviation VD is used in the official designation and serves to distinguish it from the homophonic Genevese Carouge GE.
Geography
Carrouge lies on 728 meters. M., 26 km southwest of the district town Payerne ( straight line ). The village is located on a hilltop west of the valley of Carrouge, east of the plateau of the Jorat, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 5.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehügellandes between the Jorat and the upper reaches of the Broye. The central part of the area bounded on the west by the Bressonne, to the east by Carrouge. In between the ridges Champ du Bochet is (757 m above sea level. M. ), from which the knoll of Carrouge is separated by a small valley. To the southwest, the communal land extends into the forest of La Côte ( above 783 m. M. highest point of Carrouge ) on the eastern slope of the Jorat. A small part of the municipality lies to the east of the creek Carrouge and extends over the adjacent plateau (720 m above sea level. M. ) up in the catchment area of the stream Parimbot. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 20 % of forest and woody plants and 70 % to agriculture.
To Carrouge include the hamlets of Le Borgeau (711 m above sea level. M. ) east of the creek Carrouge, La Croix- d'Or (722 m above sea level. M. ) and écorché - Boeuf (715 m above sea level. M. ) in the Valley of Bressonne as well as some smaller Hofsiedlungen and several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Carrouge are Vulliens, Ferlens, Mézières, Montpreveyres, Ropraz and Vucherens.
Population
With 1002 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Carrouge one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 92.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.7 % and 0.9 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Carrouge amounted in 1850 to 524 residents in 1900 to 410 inhabitants. Thereafter the population remained almost stable until 1960. Since then, a strong increase in population was associated with a doubling of the population recorded within 40 years. The settlement area of Carrouge has grown together today almost completely with that of Mézières.
Economy
Carrouge was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important place in the economic structure of the population. With the creation of a trade zone by 2000 new companies in Carrouge settled in recent years, which are active in the fields of computer science, wood and joinery trade. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. By creating a number of single-family homes in the past few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Moudon and Lausanne. Carrouge is the location of the Cinéma du Jorat.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Moudon via Chexbres to Vevey, but also has a good connection to the main road 1 (Lausanne -Moudon ). Through the bus line 62, the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise that runs from Lausanne to Moudon, Carrouge is connected to the public transport network.
History
The territory of Carrouge was already inhabited in Roman times, which could be confirmed by the remains of a Roman villa and by the discovery of coins. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1255 under the name Carrogium. In the Middle Ages the names Carrojoz and Carroge appeared, and in the 19th century the spelling Carouge was widespread. The place name is quadrivium ( crossroads ) derived from the Latin word from which the Old French variant carroge arose.
Carrouge, which was under the suzerainty of the Savoy was pooled from the 13th to the 15th century with the reign Vulliens. After that, it formed its own rule, which also included Les Mezieres and Cullayes. The village gave men in the 16th century the castle in Carrouge and settled in the castle Carrouge in the old town of Moudon.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick Moudon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Carrouge 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 Oron.
Attractions
The Reformed Church of Carrouge, a simple country church in Berner style, was built in 1709 and 1795 provided with a clock tower. The classical school house was built at the beginning of the 19th century.