Fontaines-sur-Grandson
Fontaines- sur -Grandson is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Fontaines- sur -Grandson is at 563 m above sea level. Level, 6 km north of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, north of the valley of the river Arnon.
The area of 7.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope. The church floor extends the Jura foothills of the Talniederung of the Arnon to the southwest over the plateau of Fontaines to the village stream of Champagne in the east. To the north, the area extends in a long narrow tip on the crest of the anticlines of Chasseron chain. It comprises the depression in La Calame and part of the height Les Cernets ( with 1,475 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Fontaines- sur- Grandson). In the northeast, the municipal area extends in the forest Bois de la Vaux in the catchment area of the stream Bied, which flows to Areuse. The northern boundary runs along the Cret of Lisières above Buttes. On the Chasseron chain is extended Jura high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 2 % came from settlements, 49 % of forest and shrubs, 48% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Fontaines- sur -Grandson include some individual farms on the Chasseron chain. The neighboring communities of Fontaines- sur -Grandson are in the north- north-west an exclave of Fiez, in the northwest Bullet, in the West Grand Event, in SüdwestenNovalles, in the south-southwest Giez, in the south Fiez, in the southeast Champagne, east Tévenon and northeastern Mauborget in the canton of Vaud and in the north of Val- de -Travers in the canton of Neuchatel.
Population
With 148 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Fontaines- sur -Grandson is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 85.6 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 13.6 % 0.8 % speak Russian ( as of 2000). The population of Fontaines- sur -Grandson amounted in 1870 to 250 inhabitants, after which they decreased by strong emigration to 1950 to 147 inhabitants and has been fairly stable.
Economy
Fontaines- sur -Grandson was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. During the Jura foothills mainly in farming is operated prevail on the heights livestock and dairy farming. There are also some jobs in the local small businesses. Many workers 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 M5 motorway is approximately 5 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Mauborget, Fontaines- sur -Grandson is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1011 under the name Fontane. The place name comes from the numerous sources within the municipality. Fontaines- sur -Grandson came in 1011 by way of gift from the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy to the monastery Romainmôtier. Later, the Benedictine priory of Saint -Jean -Baptiste in Fontaines- sur -Grandson had rich land. The secular rule held the Lords of Grandson. After 1476 Grandson was a bailiff under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. Only in 1730 was the place that belonged to the municipality Fiez previously, an independent municipality. After the collapse of the ancien régime Fontaines- sur -Grandson 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
In the center of Fontaines- sur -Grandson some farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. The place belongs to the parish Fiez.