Fiez

Fiez is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Fiez is located at 520 m above sea level. M., 5 km north of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, on the northern slope of the valley of the river Arnon.

The 6.8 km ² large municipality is divided into two parts. The smaller portion comprises Located close to the village area of the Jura foothills, bounded on the south by the river of Arnon. On the anticlines of Chasseron chain is the second part of the municipality. This includes the northeastern part of the Ausräumungskessels of the stream La Dénériaz, by the Chasseron (highest with 1,607 m asl point of the community. ), Cret de la Neige ( 1'457 m asl, . Should not be confused with the same highest mountain of the Jura ) and the rocks of the Roches Blanches ( 1,470 m above sea level. M. ) flanked. East of the Cret de la Neige includes the valley of La Grand sun and the height of Les Cernets ( 1,448 m above sea level. M. ) to Fiez. Here there is an extensive Jura mountain meadows with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 36 % of forest and shrubs, 60 % to agriculture and about 1% was unproductive land.

To Fiez the hamlet verse chez Patthey include (540 m above sea level. M. ) above the village as well as some individual farms on the Chasseron chain. Neighboring communities of Fiez are Grandson, Giez, Fontaines- sur -Grandson, Champagne, Sainte -Croix and Bullet in the canton of Vaud and Val- de -Travers in the canton of Neuchatel.

Population

With 389 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Fiez is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.3% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.9 % and 1.5 % Spanish speaking (as of 2000). The population of Fiez amounted in 1900 to 399 inhabitants, after which it was cut in half by strong emigration to 1970 to 209 inhabitants, and since then has made a substantial upward trends observed.

Economy

Fiez was until the mid-20th century, a mainly dominated by the agriculture community. Near the bridge over the Arnon below the village already existed in the 16th century a paper mill in the 18th century dyeing. In the 19th century there was a chocolate factory. In recent decades, Fiez has developed into a residential community. During the acquisition structure agriculture still has a certain importance. In the vicinity of the village of farming and viticulture dominate, while prevailing animal husbandry and dairy industry of the Jura heights. For more jobs in our local small businesses. However, significantly more than 50 % of the workforce are commuters who work primarily in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares in the main street of Grandson to Mauborget. The nearest links to the motorway A5 ( Yverdon- Neuchatel ) is located approximately 4 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Mauborget, Fiez is connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory was inhabited in Roman times, this is proved by the discovery of the remains of a villa. The first written mention of the village took place in 885 under the name Figiaco; 1228 appeared the name Fie. Fiez belonged in the Middle Ages, first the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, then it came to the Bishop of Lausanne and finally to rule Grandson. Through a donation from the village came into the possession of the Benedictine priory of Saint -Jean -Baptiste of Grandson, in which it remained until the introduction of the Reformation. The secular power had but continue to hold the men of Grandson. After 1476 Grandson was a bailiff under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. After the collapse of the ancien régime Fiez 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 parish church of Saint -Clément dates from 1717, the first church in Fiez but was first mentioned in the 12th century. The so-called Bern's home was built in 1683.