Chabrey
Chabrey was a municipality in the district Broye Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The fusion of Chabrey with Bellerive (VD), Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars -le- Grand to the municipality Vully -les -Lacs was completed on 1 July 2011.
Geography
Chabrey is located on 494 m above sea level. M., 12.5 km northeast of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The scattered village covers a wide area and terrace on the southern slope of the ridge between adjoining Lake Neuchatel and Murten, on the Swiss Plateau.
The area of 4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the southeast shore of Lake Neuchâtel. The communal land extends from the shore to the south over a 500 m wide planted with reeds and forest, swampy riparian strips and the 60 m high steep slope Les Roches on the terrace of Chabrey. The eastern part of the municipality is occupied by woodland Bois de Charmontel on the Molassehöhenrücken (foothills of Mont Vully). Here is located 581 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Chabrey. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 37 % of forest and shrubs, 45 % to agriculture and slightly less than 12 % was unproductive land ( marsh area along the Lake Neuchâtel, now a bird sanctuary ).
To Chabrey include some isolated farms and a few cottages on the edge of Lake Neuchâtel. Neighboring communities of Chabrey were Cudrefin, Montmagny and Villars -le- Grand in the canton of Vaud and Delley- in Fribourg.
Population
With 267 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Chabrey was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 86.4% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 11.6 % 1.0 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Chabrey amounted in 1850 to 283 residents in 1900 to 222 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 136 to 1970 inhabitants, a significant population increase has been registered since then again.
Economy
Chabrey 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 of the Cote au Moine there is a small wine region. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the road from Estavayer -le- Lac to Cudrefin. The motorway connection Avenches off the A1 ( Lausanne- Bern ) is approximately 6 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Avenches to Cudrefin, Chabrey is connected to the public transport network.
History
On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel two settlements have been discovered from the Bronze Age. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1343 under the name Charbrey, later appeared also the name Charbey. The name goes back to the family names Caprius or Cabrius.
Chabrey been since the Middle Ages part of belonging to Savoy Kastlanei Cudrefin. 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 Chabrey 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 the 17th century belonged to the municipality Chabrey Villars- le -Grand.
Attractions
In the old town some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. Chabrey does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Constantine.