Corcelles-près-Concise

Menhirs of Corcelles

Corcelles- près -Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Corcelles- près -Concise situated at 470 meters above sea level. M., 9 km north-east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, on a small hill at the foot of Mont Aubert, near the shores of Lake Neuchâtel.

The area of ​​4.1 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the western shore of Lake Neuchâtel. The communal land extends from the lake with shallow riparian strips northward over the knoll of Corcelles and the densely forested slopes of the Jura way up to the crest of Mont Aubert. This is where having 1,290 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Corcelles- près -Concise achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 42 % of forest and shrubs, 50 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Corcelles- près -Concise include some isolated farms of the Jura south slope. Neighboring communities of Corcelles- près -Concise are Onnens, Bonvillars and Concise.

Population

With 297 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corcelles- près -Concise is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 95.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.6 % and 0.7 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Corcelles- près -Concise amounted in 1888 to 295 inhabitants, it took until 1970 to 201 residents from, and since then has made a slight upward trend observed.

Economy

Corcelles- près -Concise is a predominantly dominantly agricultural village today. In the fertile soil of the Jura foothills agriculture is operated on the lower southern slopes there is something viticulture. The local small business offers few jobs. Many had moved in recent years workers are commuters who work primarily in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It lies on the main road 5 of Neuchâtel to Yverdon. With the opening of the motorway A5 ( Yverdon- Neuchatel ) in May 2005, the city experienced a significant traffic relief. The nearest links to the highway that runs through the municipality, is located around 4 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Gorgier, Corcelles- près -Concise is connected to the public transport network.

History

Like many other communities along the Lake Neuchâtel can also Corcelles- près -Concise look back on a very long urban tradition. The lake was during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age populated ( stilt houses ). From this time the four menhirs of Corcelles called originate longues Pierre. Traces of a settlement are also available from the Iron Age and the Roman period. Furthermore, an early medieval burial ground was discovered.

The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 885 under the name Corceles; 888 appeared the name Corcella. The place name derives from the Latin word Corticella ( small yard ). Corcelles under stand the medieval Bishop of Lausanne and later the reign Grandson. Since 1376 the city formed its own little rule. After 1476 it was incorporated into the Bailiwick Grandson, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. After the collapse of the ancien régime Corcelles- près -Concise 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 present building of the Castle of Corcelles- près -Concise comes from in 1780. Municipal House was built in 1839. Also worth seeing are the four menhirs north of the village. Corcelles- près -Concise does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Concise.