Marnand
Marnand VD
Marnand until the merger was to Valbroye on July 1, 2011, a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Marnand is located on 477 m above sea level. M., 8 km south-southwest of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The village is located on the eastern edge of the Broyetals, both sides of the village stream, which also occurs here from one erosion valley in the Broyetal, in the eastern canton of Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 2.2 km ² large former municipal area comprises a section in the middle Broyetal. The main part of the territory occupied by the flat valley floor of the Broye, taking mostly the railway line forms the western boundary. To the east stretched the communal land in the densely wooded valley of the village stream and the adjacent Molassehöhen. On the plateau of Les Corvets is 601 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Marnand. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 30 % of forest and shrubs, 59% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
Neighboring communities of Marnand were Villarzel, Henniez, Granges- près- Marnand and Trey in the canton of Vaud and Chatonnaye in the Canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 161 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Marnand was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 92.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 2.8 % and 2.1 % portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of Marnand amounted in 1900 to 248 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 147 persons, the population has since remained stable.
Economy
Marnand until the 20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have an important role in the economic structure of the population. In the 19th century the place until the opening of the railway line served as an important coaching inn on the road Bern -Lausanne, which still bear witness inns and stables. Today, some jobs in the local retail and service sector, are available.
Traffic
Marnand is good transport links. It lies on the relatively busy main road 1 from Lausanne to Bern via Payerne, which was the main axis of Bern in Switzerland, the West before the highway construction. On August 25, 1876, the railway line Payerne -Moudon was taken with the Granges- Marnand station on the municipal boundary between Marnand and Granges- près- Marnand in operation.
History
The place name derives from the French word marne ( marl ). Marnand shelter since the Middle Ages the rule Villarzel, which in turn was owned by the Bishop of Lausanne. Through inheritance was the village since 1511 along with Trey own little rule. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick Moudon. Beginning of the 18th century was the rule Marnand by purchase over directly to the bailiff of Moudon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Marnand 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 Payerne.
Attractions
The Castle of Marnand is increased slightly north of the village. The manor house with two garden pavilions and an estate in the Bernese style was built in the mid 18th century.