Champagne, Switzerland
Champagne ( [ ʃɑpaɲ ], Provençal in the local dialect [(a) tsɑpaɲə ] ) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Champagne lies at 457 m above sea level. Level, 6 km north- northeast of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, at the edge of Talniederung of Arnon, around 1.5 km from the shores of Lake Neuchâtel.
The area of 3.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope. The southern border is the river of Arnon. To the north extends the communal land of the broad Talniederung and the collection Les Biolez, which is separated by the village stream from the slopes of the Jura. Further, the area extends up the slope of the Jura, and includes the Grand Bois Forest. The highest point of Champagne is 730 m above sea level. M. reaches below Fontanezier. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 36 % of forest and woody plants, 54 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.
Champagne to include the settlements Le Moulin ( 448 m above sea level. M. ) to the left of the Arnon and Saint- Maurice ( 471 m above sea level. M. ) north to the village subsequently as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Champagne are Grandson, Fiez, Fontaines- sur -Grandson, Tévenon and Bonvillars.
Population
With 964 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012), which characteristically call themselves Champagne, Champagne is among the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 90.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 2.8 % and 1.8 % portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of Champagne totaled 1850, 410 inhabitants in 1900 to 619 inhabitants. Thereafter, until 1960 (449 inhabitants) an exodus recorded, since is again an increasing trend to watch.
Economy
Champagne was until the end of the 19th century mainly dominantly agricultural village. On Arnon there was a mill and a sawmill. 1871 a watch factory was founded, which today specializes in the manufacture of precision tools. Further jobs offer a biscuit factory and the local small businesses. Even today, agriculture plays with agriculture and viticulture an important role. Because of the bilateral agreements between Switzerland and the EU banned the winemakers of Champagne to lead their white wine under the name Vin de Champagne, as the Champagne appellation is reserved solely the eponymous region of France. The produced wine in place has now been renamed the Champ Libre.
For the same reason a bakery now got legal disputes with the French wine growers. The aperitif biscuits Flûte de Champagne, which is produced under this name since 1934 and marketed under the name Recette de Champagne ( = recipe from Champagne) in France, would dilute the origin of the wine.
Traffic
The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It is located 1 km from the main road from Neuchâtel, Yverdon. The junction Grandson is with the A5 motorway at the main access road to the village. The continuation of the A5 to the northeast in the direction of Neuchâtel in 2005 the traffic pass. Champagne is connected by bus line from Yverdon Gorgier to the network of public transport.
History
The territory of Champagne was already inhabited in Roman times, as witnessed by archaeological finds from this period. Graves with rich jewels as grave goods were discovered from the Burgundian. The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 885 under the name of Campania in a donation of Emperor Charles III. In the year 888 the place came to the Bishop of Lausanne.
In the Middle Ages the village belonged ( 1228 barges called ) to the area of the rule Grandson, then to that of the reign of Montagny -le- Corbe, later to Grandson. After 1476 Grandson was a bailiff under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. After the collapse of the ancien régime Champagne 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.
Attractions
The parish church of Champagne is in the hamlet of Saint- Maurice. It was rebuilt in 1697-99 with the inclusion of parts of the previous building (portal and side chapel ). The parsonage is from 1561st In the old town a few houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.