Dommartin, Switzerland
Dommartin ( [ dɔmaʀtɛ ] or [ dɔmaʀtɛ ], Provençal in the local dialect [(a) dɔmartɛ ] ) was a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Dommartin joined on 1 July 2011 with communities Sugnens, Naz and Poliez -le- Grand to the new community Montilliez together.
Geography
Dommartin is on 730 m above sea level. M., 5 km east of Echallens and 15 km north- northeast of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located at an elevation west of the Mentue, on the Northern Slope of the heights of the Jorat, in the eastern Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 2.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the central higher Vaud Mittelland. The vast amount of Dommartin is in the east and north of the Mentue, bounded on the west by her side stream Coruz. Both rivers have dug deep valleys into the molasse. In the southwest of Bois de Chavanne belongs to Dommartin. To the east of this forest is on the corridor Les Auverneys with 773 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 35 % of forest and shrubs and 60% for agriculture.
At Dommartin include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Dommartin are Villars- Tiercelin, Poliez -Pittet, Poliez -le- Grand, Naz, Peyre -Possens and Bussy -Chardonney.
Population
With 266 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Dommartin was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 98.3 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.2 % and 0.4 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Dommartin amounted in 1850 to 245 residents in 1900 to 207 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 140 people, a rapid population increase was observed with a doubling of the population within 30 years.
Economy
Dommartin was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have an important role in the economic structure of the population. At the Mentue since the 17th century there were a mill and a sawmill. Today, more jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available ( in an establishment of landscape architecture ). In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns and in the Lausanne area.
Traffic
Dommartin is located off of larger thoroughfares, about 1 km from the main road Lausanne - removed Thierrens. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Thierrens, Dommartin is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 908 under the name Domno Martino villa, derived from Dom Martin, a monk who had made the area under cultivation. Dommartin probably developed from a royal estate of Upper Burgundy. In the 12th century came Dommartin, which included all the surrounding towns (except Poliez -Pittet ), the cathedral chapter of Lausanne. The bishop left the settlement, which included about 100 fires at this time, fasten 1180-1190 and granted her considerable freedom.
The gradual decline of Dommartin began with the conflagration of 1235. Although the town was rebuilt, it is 100 years later, was one of only about 40 fireplaces. It was up to the Reformation main location of an Kastlanei the Lausanne Cathedral Chapter. During the 15th and 16th century, numerous witch trials were held in Dommartin.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Dommartin came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. It formed therein continues to be a Kastlanei, which included the towns of Naz, Peyre -Possens, Bussy -Chardonney, Villars- Tiercelin and Sugnens. Another fire disaster fell in 1547, the castle, the church and many houses for victims. The former settlement site on the meanders of Mentue spur was abandoned thereafter and continue Dommartin rebuilt as a southern village on the height. 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 was assigned to the District Echallens.
Attractions
The special octagonal building ( with an elongated central axis) of the parish church dates from 1733-35. The rectory, built in 1600, was rebuilt in the 18th century. In the center some stately farmhouses of the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. The few remains of the medieval settlement on the promontory above the Mentue are under monument protection since 1900.