Mézières, Vaud
Mézières VD
Mézières is a municipality in the district of Lavaux -Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Mézières is located on 742 m above sea level. Level, 14 km north-east of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). This former farm stands on a hill between the valleys FODOVI and Carrouge, on the eastern slopes of the plateau of the Jorat, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 3.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen between the Jorat and the upper reaches of the Broye. The eastern boundary runs along the creek Carrouge. From here, the communal land extends westward across the broad Talniederung up the hill from Mézières ( 752 m above sea level. M. ) and to the southwest of the forest areas Bois des Riaux and Bois de la Cote north of grubbing island of Les Cullayes up in the valley section of Bressonne. At the height of the north of Les Cullayes is 830 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Mézières. From the municipality surface 1997 15 % came from settlements, 23 % of forest and woody plants and 62% to agriculture.
At Mézières has an extended family house neighborhoods as well as several Hofsiedlungen and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Mézières are Carrouge, Ferlens, Servion and Montpreveyres.
Population
With 1147 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Mézières is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 91.6 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.3 % and 1.1 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Mézières in 1900 amounted to 498 residents. Since 1970 (540 inhabitants), the population began to rise sharply and doubled within 30 years. The settlement area of Mézières has grown together today almost completely with that of Carrouge.
Economy
Mézières was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent years, several new companies have settled in Mézières. In the village of companies from the sectors of electrical installation, construction, computer science, and measuring instruments are represented.
Through the construction of numerous single-family homes since the 1970s, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and Vevey.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Moudon via Chexbres to Vevey, but also has a good connection to the main road 1 (Lausanne -Moudon ). Through the bus line 62, the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise that runs from Lausanne to Moudon, Mézières is connected to the public transport network. Another bus route operates direct flight from Mézières to Oron -la -Ville.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1150 under the name Maiseriis. Later, the names Maseres ( 1161 ), Maseriis ( 1170 ), Masieres ( 1177 ), Maisieres ( 1180), Masirie ( 1184 ), Maceriis ( 1186 ), Messeretes ( 1228 ), Mayseres ( 1290 ), Mayseriis ( 1292 ) and then appeared Mexieres. The place name comes from the Latin word maceriae, from which developed the Old French maisière. Both words have the meaning of wall, especially of ruined walls, and therefore denote the ruins of a building.
In the Middle Ages Mézières belonged to the rule Vulliens and later formed its own rule. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick Moudon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Mézières 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 Oron.
A fusion of Mézières with neighboring communities Montpreveyres, Les Cullayes and Servion was sought, however, failed on January 15, 2006 at the ballot box on tight No of residents of Montpreveyres. The other three municipalities approved the merger.
Attractions
The Reformed Church of Mézières was built in 1707; 1733 front tower of sandstone blocks was added. Inside is a stone pulpit from 1712. The parsonage dates from 1730.
The most notable building of Mézières is the Jorat, which can look back on a special history. The end of the 18th century reigning Rev. Martin advocated a liberation of the potato from the tithe tax because the potato is not a grain but a vegetable. He was arrested and taken to Bern, where he was acquitted. With triumph, he took it from his office in Mézières again. Over a hundred years later, René Morax held this event in the drama La Dîme, which premiered on April 16, 1903 in Mézières under great commitment of the village population. As a result, the imposing timber of Jorat was based on plans of a Geneva-based architect couple built and inaugurated in 1908. The theater, in which up to 1000 spectators were in place until the Second World War was the site of numerous plays, including the world premiere of Arthur Honegger's oratorio Le Roi David. After a restoration in the 1980s, the Théâtre du Jorat again gained a national reputation as a cultural center with numerous performances of plays, operas and concerts.
Personalities
Mézières is the birthplace of General Henri Guisan.