Correvon
Correvon was until December 31, 2012, a municipality in the district Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
On 1 Janauar 2013, it merged with the municipalities Chanéaz, Chapelle- sur- Moudon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz -sur- Moudon, Peyre -Possens, Saint- Cierges and Thierrens the new community Montanaire.
Geography
Correvon is located on 752 m above sea level. Level, 24 km north-east of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The small scattered village stretches along the edge of a plateau east of the Valley of Mentue, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 2.2 km ² large former municipal area comprises a portion of Molassehügellandes between the Mentuetal and the middle Broyetal. The largest part of the area is occupied by the Plateau, the altitude of an average height of 760 m. M. lies. To the northeast, the former communal land extends into the forests of Grand Bois, in the 800 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Correvon is achieved, and the Bois de la Rigne. In the valley between these two forests is a bog. In the south of the village of the area in the valley of the Augine enough, in the northwest that of the brook Les Vernettes, both right side streams of Mentue. From the former rural community area in 1997 4 % related to settlements, 15 % of forest and woody plants and 81 % to agriculture.
To Correvon include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Correvon were Chanéaz, Bioley- Magnoux, Ogens and Thierrens in the Canton of Vaud and Vuissens in the Canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 108 inhabitants (as at end 2012) Correvon was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 95.5% of residents are French-speaking and German-speaking 4.5% (as of 2000). The population of Correvon amounted in 1850 to 156 inhabitants still, 1900 to 137 inhabitants. Thereafter, a further decrease to 71 inhabitants was recorded until 1970; Since then, the population has increased slightly again.
Economy
Correvon still lives mainly from agriculture, especially from farming, fruit-growing and cattle breeding. Outside the primary sector, very few jobs are available. The steady decline in population led in 1945 to the closure of the village school, in 1974 the post office was abolished. 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 former municipality is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from the main road from Yverdon- les- Bains via Thierrens to Moudon. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Thierrens, Correvon is connected to the network of public transport.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1166 under the name Corevont. Later, the names Corevone ( 1169 ), Corevunt, Correvolt ( 1182 ), Corovont ( 1247 ) and Correvont ( 1453) appeared. The place name is probably derived from Curtis Reudeboldi ( courtyard of Reudebold ).
In the Middle Ages Correvon initially belonged to the lords of Saint -Martin- du- Chêne, after the reign Bioley- Magnoux. After the village had formed their own little rule in the 16th and 17th centuries, there were 1690 in the possession of the rich family de Loys de Marnand. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Correvon came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village 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 Correvon was initially assigned to the district of Yverdon, 1803 it came to the district Moudon.
Attractions
The Church of Sainte- Marguerite comes in its core from the Middle Ages; it was first mentioned in 1228. From the old chapel in 1903 renovated parts were included as a choir in the new church. In the village some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.