Constantine, Switzerland
Constantine was a municipality in the district Broye Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The fusion of Constantine with the communities Bellerive (VD), Chabrey, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars -le- Grand to the municipality Vully -les -Lacs was completed on 1 July 2011.
Geography
Constantine is situated at 510 m above sea level. Level, 12 km north-east of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a ridge on the southern slope of the ridge between Lake Neuchatel and Murten, a scenic location about 80 m above the Broyeebene, the Swiss Plateau.
The area of 2.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Broyeebene and the adjacent ridge. The western part of the municipality is occupied by the headland on the south side of the Champs Goliard ridge of Mont Vully. East of the village of Constantine slope is interrupted by a deep erosion valley which forms the border against Bellerive. The highest point of the municipality is 522 m above sea level. M. reaches below Montmagny. To the southeast is the municipality of soil extends in the intensively farmed area of the Broyeebene and across the river Broye up to the western shore of Lake Murten. From the municipality surface 1997 13 % came from settlements, 15 % of forest and shrubs, 71% to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.
Constantine to include the southern part of the village Salavaux (436 m above sea level. M. ) in the Broyeebene at the mouth of the Petite Glane in the Broye and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Constantine were Avenches, Montmagny and Bellerive.
Population
With 327 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Constantine was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 82.9% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 10.7 % 3.6 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Constantine amounted in 1850 to 193 residents in 1900 to 189 inhabitants. By 1970, the population remained stable, since a significant population increase has been registered.
Economy
Constantine was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and viticulture have ( on the southern slope below the village ) plays an important role in the economic structure of the population. In Salavaux there is a grain mill. More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed, even though it is off the major thoroughfares. 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, Constantine is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Costa Tina. The place name comes from the Latin personal name Constantius. In the Middle Ages Constantine was owned by the Bishop of Sion, who sold his estate at Mont Vully in 1250 to Peter of Savoy. Since then, the village belongs to 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 Constantine 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 1811 Constantine formed with the neighboring villages of Bellerive and Montmagny a larger municipality.
Attractions
The Romanesque construction of the parish church of Saint -Martin in 1675 transformed; the rectory was given its present shape 1671st The mansion was built in 1677 houses since 1919, a holiday and rest home. In the old town of Constantine some stately farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. At the municipal border with Bellerive, on the western outskirts of Salavaux that is originally in the 13th century castle of Salavaux. It still has a round tower from the founding period; However, the residential originate mainly from the 19th century.