Chamblon

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

Geography

Chamblon is located at 519 m above sea level. M., 2.5 km west of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located on a promontory on the east side of the insulated on the northern edge of the hill Orbeebene Mont de Chamblon, a scenic location about 90 m above the plain and the Lake of Neuchâtel.

The area of ​​2.86 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Vaud Mittelland. The main part of the area is occupied by the broad ridge of the Mont de Chamblon, one made ​​of red limestone hill on the 552 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. To the north of the municipality floor extends into the lowlands of the Bey, which separates the hill from the plateaus of the Jura foothills. From the municipality surface 1997 20 % came from settlements, 24 % of forest and shrubs, 55 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Chamblon include two new living quarters below the village, the Hofsiedlungen Les Uttins and Cossaux (440 m above sea level. M. ) at the eastern foot of Mont de Chamblon as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Chamblon are Treycovagnes, Suscévaz, Villars- sous- Pittet and Montagny- près -Yverdon.

Population

With 550 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) Chamblon one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 91.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.1 % and 1.6 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Chamblon amounted in 1850 to 172 residents in 1900 to 137 inhabitants. Since 1970 (198 inhabitants), a rapid population increase was recorded with almost a tripling of the population within 30 years.

Economy

Chamblon was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, the crop and livestock farming have only a marginal role in the occupational structure of the population. For more jobs in our local small business and especially in the service sector. In the Castle of Chamblon is a geriatric hospital. From 1979 to 1981, the Arms Square Chamblon was set up on the Mont de Chamblon. In recent decades, Chamblon has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from Yverdon. The highway connecting Yverdon- Ouest on the A5 which opened in 1984 ( Yverdon- Grandson) is about 5 km from the center. By Postbus course Chamblon is connected to Yverdon and thus connected to the network of public transport.

History

The earliest evidence of a settlement dating to the Neolithic period, when there was a lake settlement at the eastern foot of Mont de Chamblon at Les Uttins. Neuchâtel at the time possessed a slightly higher water levels and extended far into the Orbeebene.

The first documentary mention of the place was already in the 12th century under the present name, which dates back to the Roman family names Camilius. Since the Middle Ages Chamblon belonged to the rule Montagny -le- Corbe; In the 15th century it was its own little rule. After the Burgundian Wars, the village came in 1476 under the administration of the Bailiwick Grandson, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. After the collapse of the ancien régime Chamblon 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 of Yverdon.

Attractions

The Castle of Chamblon on the eastern edge of the village was built in the second half of the 18th century. From 1931 to 1960 it served as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, then it was converted into a geriatric hospital for the chronically ill. Through various extensions and appending new building in 1989, the castle was given its present shape. Chamblon belongs to the parish Pittet, but since 1932 has a chapel at the village entrance. In the center are some typical farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.