Essertines-sur-Yverdon
Former town hall
Essertines -sur -Yverdon is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Essertines -sur -Yverdon located at 600 meters above sea level. Level, 22 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a terrace on the eastern side of the valley of Buron, in the northern Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 9.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Vaud Mittelland. The municipality comprises the ground in its main part the gently sloping and subdivided into several terraces western slope of the broad ridge of the Grand Bois d' Essertines between the valleys of Buron in the west and in the east Mentue. The highest point of Essertines -sur -Yverdon is 695 m above sea level. M. achieved in this vast forest area. To the west is the tortuous course of Buron, who has created a valley in the molasse, the natural border. In the extreme southwest of a small part of its territory lying west of Buron and extends to the edge of the forest of the Bois de Suchy (up to 598 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 26 % of forest and woody plants and 68 % to agriculture.
To Essertines -sur -Yverdon includes the hamlet Epautheyres (518 m above sea level. M. ) north of the village, Nonfoux ( 671 m above sea level. M. ) on the western edge of the Grand Bois d' Essertines above the village, La Robellaz ( 582 m above sea level. M. ) on the west slope of the Buron as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Essertines -sur -Yverdon are in the southwest Pailly, in the south Vuarrens, in the southeast Corcelles -sur- Chavornay, in the east Suchy, northeastern Belmont- sur- Yverdon, in the north-northwest of Yverdon- les- Bains, in the north-northeast Valeyres -sous - Ursins, in the northeast and east Ursins Orzens.
Population
With 867 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Essertines -sur -Yverdon one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 94.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.1 % and 0.5 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Essertines -sur -Yverdon amounted in 1850 to 648 residents in 1900 to 672 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 451 people, a significant population increase was observed again.
Economy
Essertines -sur -Yverdon was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population. Further jobs offer a number of smaller and medium-sized enterprises and the service sector. Today there are in Essertines -sur -Yverdon operations of transportation, information technology and a print shop. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the area of Yverdon.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 5 of Lausanne via Echallens to Yverdon- les- Bains. The motorway Chavornay and Yverdon- Sud in 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) are both only 5 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Echallens, Essertines -sur -Yverdon is connected to the public transport network.
History
The territory of Essertines -sur -Yverdon was settled very early, which was confirmed by finds of remains from the early history and a settlement from the Roman period. From the early Middle Ages are burial grounds exist. The first documentary mention of the place was already in 1180 under the present name Essertines. The place name is on exsartum, the past participle of Late Latin word exsarire ( clear, speak to cultivate ), due.
Since the Middle Ages belonged Essertines -sur -Yverdon the cathedral chapter of Lausanne. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon. It was raised in the Bernese time to Kastlanei, who was also the village Ogens. After the collapse of the ancien régime Essertines -sur -Yverdon 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. In 1798 it was first assigned to the district of Yverdon, 1803 it came to the district Echallens.
Attractions
The Protestant parish church Saint -André at the northern edge of the village was built in 1702 within the walls of the former, now-vanished castle. A tower of the former castle was converted to the present bell tower of the church. From 1869 comes the schoolhouse. In the old town numerous characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved on both sides of the main street yet.