Corcelles-près-Payerne

Farmhouse in Corcelles- près -Payerne

Corcelles- près -Payerne is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Corcelles- près -Payerne is at 454 m above sea level. M., 2 km north-east of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The village is located on the southern edge of the Broyeebene, on both sides of the river Arbogne, on their exit from the Fribourgese Molassehügelland, in the northeastern Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​12.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Broyeebene. The northern boundary of Corcelles- près -Payerne runs partly along the A1 motorway. From here, the communal land extends southward over the channeled Broye and intensively farmed plane in which the former riverbed of the Broye is marked by a line of trees to Arbogne. The southern part of the municipality extends to the slightly higher positions on both sides of the Molassehügellandes Arbogne. At the height Boulex on the western foot of the Petit Belmont is 526 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of Corcelles- près -Payerne achieved. East of the Arbogne is the small enclave of Tours, in the municipality of Montagny in the Canton of Fribourg. The southern boundary is formed in parts of the Arbogne and from her right side Bach Ruisseau du Creux and from their left inflow Motélon. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 4% forest and shrubs, 84 % to agriculture and slightly more than 2% was unproductive land.

To Corcelles- près -Payerne include the hamlet of Pont Neuf (444 m above sea level. M. ) on the Broye as well as several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Corcelles- près -Payerne Payerne are, Grandcour and Missy in the canton of Vaud and Vallon, Dompierre, Russy and Montagny in the Canton of Fribourg.

Population

With 1998 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corcelles- près -Payerne is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud and is also the second largest town of the district of Payerne. Of the 89.1% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.5 % and 1.5 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Corcelles- près -Payerne amounted in 1850 to 880 inhabitants, 1900 to 1189 inhabitants. After the population had increased only slightly until 1980 (1308 inhabitants), since a significantly greater increase in population has been registered. The settlement area of Corcelles- près -Payerne has grown together seamlessly with that of Payerne.

Economy

Agriculture always had an important place in Corcelles- près -Payerne, especially since the construction of the Broye Canal (1906 ), as the fertile flood plain of the Broye for intensive agriculture was harnessed. In the 18th century, the horse-breeding played a big role. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population.

A major employer in the secondary sector is the Brickyard Morandi, which is mechanized since 1896 and 1930 possessed the largest kiln in Switzerland. Many other jobs are in small and medium-sized enterprises, including in a factory for watch cases, in construction, wood processing and in precision engineering. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work primarily in Payerne.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 1 from Bern via Payerne to Lausanne. Transit traffic is led around on a ring road around Corcelles- près- Payerne. The nearest motorway connections to the A1 ( Lausanne- Bern ) are Payerne ( to the west ) and Avenches ( to the east ).

The village has two railway stations: On August 25, 1876, the railway line Murten -Payerne was opened with the Corcelles- North train station, and on the same day also saw the inauguration of the line -Freiburg Payerne with the Corcelles -Sud railway station.

History

In Roman times the road from Avenches to Payerne crossed the municipality of Corcelles- près- Payerne. There are some remains of an aqueduct present, was conducted with the water from Lac de Seedorf to Aventicum. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Corzales 1235 appeared the spelling Corsales. The place name derives from the Latin word Corticella ( small yard ).

Since the Middle Ages belonged Corcelles- près -Payerne Payerne the monastery. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the government of Payerne. After the collapse of the ancien régime Corcelles- près -Payerne 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 Payerne. The place was not until 1806 after the separation of Payerne an independent municipality.

Attractions

The Reformed Church of Saint -Nicolas comes in its core from the 11th century. Originally Romanesque, the church was repeatedly remodeled and restored. The single nave has a round apse; also the Romanesque bell tower, however, was seemingly built only at the beginning of the 17th century. From 1744 the parsonage dates in the Neuchâtel style. In the old town and some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. A special feature represent the numerous storage of wood and stone