Gressy
Gressy was a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Since July 1, 2011 Gressy belongs to the municipality of Yverdon- les- Bains.
Geography
Gressy is located at 500 m above sea level. M., 3 km south of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a sloping eastward slope above the valley of Buron, in the northern foothills of the high plateau of Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 2.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Vaud Mittelland. The area is crossed from south to north from Buron, who has dug a valley in the molasse of the surrounding highlands. To the west of the town of Buron enough ground on the plateau of Gressy, on the 536 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. In a corner of the area extends east of Buron on the narrow ridge lunge times (515 m above sea level. M. ) between the Orbeebene the north and the valley of the Niauque in the south. To the north of the municipality floor extends into the plains of Orbeebene. From the municipality surface 1997 13 % came from settlements, 17 % of forest and woody plants and 70 % to agriculture.
To Gressy include the hamlet Sermuz ( 488 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern slope of the lunge times over the Niauque as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Gressy are Yverdon- les- Bains, Pomy, Valeyres -sous- Ursins, Essertines -sur- Yverdon and Belmont -sur -Yverdon.
Population
With 167 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Gressy one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 96.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 1.4 % German-speaking and Spanish-speaking 1.4 (as of 2000). The population of Gressy amounted in 1900 to 218 inhabitants. Thereafter, due to high levels of emigration to 1980 recorded a decrease to 125 inhabitants; Since then, a slight increase in population was registered again.
Economy
Gressy was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In the valley of Buron there used to be a mill. In recent decades, Gressy has also developed into a residential community. Many employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via normal, although it is off the major thoroughfares. The highway connecting Yverdon- Sud in 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is approximately 2 km from the town center. In the field of Gressy is the branch Yverdon, where the A5 ( Yverdon- Neuchatel ) branches off from the A1. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Suchy, Gressy is connected to the network of public transport.
History
On the hill of belonging to Gressy Sermuz, three kilometers from Yverdon- Ies -Bains, is a late Celtic settlement, which was inhabited by the middle of the 1st century BC, whether permanently or sporadically is unclear. In 1984 excavations brought to light a wall with vorgelagertem ditch that originally blocked off for a length of 130 m against the long, narrow plateau. The oppidum, situated high above the valley of the Orbe, possibly was a refuge, near the walled settlement at this time also Yverdon in the plane.
The Wall has more than six meters in width and about the same height. The reconstructed in-situ section shows the structure. It consists of a framework of intersecting, horizontal bar, which was filled in with earth and veneered with a dry stone wall. A model stands in the Museum of Yverdon. Julius Caesar describes in De bello gallico exactly this type Wall and calls him murus gallicus ( Celtic wall).
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1150 under the name ante Crissie Belmunt. Later, the names Gressey ( 1187 ), grissie ( 1228 ), Grizie ( 1245 ), Grissye ( 1317 ) and Grissiez ( 1453) appeared. The place name probably comes from the Roman personal name Gratius or Gracius.
Gressy was since its first mention of the rule Belmont. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of Kastlanei Belmont in the Bailiwick of Yverdon. It was the summer residence of the bailiff of Yverdon. No later than 1764, the previously independent Sermuz was combined with Gressy. After the collapse of the ancien régime Gressy 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 of Yverdon.
Attractions
The mentioned already in the 12th century parish church of Saint -Martin has some Romanesque elements, but was rebuilt in the 15th century. In the interior wall paintings have survived from the 15th century. The rectory was built in 1689 in the Bernese style. In the village there are several stately farmhouses dating from the 17th to the 19th century.