Lignerolle

Village center, overlooking Church

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

Geography

Lignerolle is located at 760 m above sea level. M., 6 km west-northwest of Orbe and 14 km west-southwest of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The farming village stretches along the southern slope of Suchet in a depression in the north of the valley of the Orbe.

The area of ​​10.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Vaud Jura. The communal land extends from the foot of the Jura to the northwest over the densely wooded and broken down by two little valley escarpment (Les Fourmillières and Montoulevet ) to the anticline Suchet. At the height of Bel Coster is with 1'415 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Lignerolle. Here there is an extensive Jura mountain meadows with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. In the southwest of the area stretches to the course of the river Orbe, which here flows in a deep valley. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 47 % of forest and woody plants and 49% to agriculture.

To Lignerolle include the farm cluster Bessonne La ( 1,090 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern slope of the Suchet anticline as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Lignerolle are Ballaigues, Les Clées and L' Abergement in the canton of Vaud and Jougne in neighboring France.

Population

With 367 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Lignerolle one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 94.6 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.0 % and 0.9 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Lignerolle amounted in 1900 to 308 inhabitants. After that, they hovered around 300 inhabitants, went back to 1980 to 262 inhabitants, since a significant population increase was observed again.

Economy

Lignerolle was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. On the fertile soils of the Jura foothills agriculture is mainly operated near the village there are some fruit trees, while prevailing in the Jura hills cattle breeding and dairy farming. More jobs are there in the wood processing and local small businesses. In recent decades, Lignerolle has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in Orbe or Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Orbe to Vallorbe or via the Jougnepass to Pontarlier in France. Since 1989, when the highway A9 was opened, the center of Lignerolle is relieved of the transit traffic. The A9 runs below the village with more leaning viaducts along the northern Talhangs the Orbe. By Postbus course, which runs from Orbe to Vallorbe Lignerolle is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1165 under the name Line Roles. Later, the names Lineroules ( 1228 ) and Lignerolles (1867 ) published. Its name is attributed to the Latin word linum ( flax). Lignerolle belonged since the Middle Ages to the reign Les Clées. From this it broke up in 1302, and together with the neighboring Ballaigues own little rule. The town knew a certain prosperity thanks to its location on the trade route over the Jougnepass. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 was Lignerolle part of the bailiwick of Yverdon. 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. Lignerolle 1798 the District Orbe allocated.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint -Vit is mentioned in 1228 and probably goes back to a church from the 9th century. The church was in the 15th century by fire. It was then rebuilt, while the choir was from 1400 incorporated into the new building. The so-called Castle of Lignerolle, actually a fortified house, built in the 17th century.

Pictures

Meeting house

Parish Church of Saint Vit