Mutrux
Mutrux is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Mutrux is located at 748 m above sea level. Level, 13 km north-east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The farming village extends to a clearing island on the eastern slope of Mont Aubert, in a scenic location around 300 m above the lake level of Lake Neuchâtel.
The area of 3.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope, which has a relatively low tendency in the area of the village. To the west, above Mutrux, the Bois des Rapes adjoined, which occupies the north-eastern slope of Mont Aubert. Located along this slope with 1'120 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Mutrux. The northern boundary of the municipality is largely formed by the valley section of the stream La Vaux. From the municipality surface 1997 2 % came from settlements, 62 % of forest and woody plants and 36% to agriculture.
To Mutrux include some individual farms on the slopes of Mont Aubert. The neighboring communities of Mutrux are in western and northern Provence, in the south Concise in the Canton of Vaud and in the Southeast and the Northeast Vaumarcus Fresens in the canton of Neuchatel.
Population
With 130 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) Mutrux one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 99.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking and Spanish-speaking 0.9 % (as of 2000). The population of Mutrux amounted in 1900 to 182 inhabitants, after which it was cut in half by 1970 (79 inhabitants). Especially in recent years, however, a population increase was recorded again.
Economy
Mutrux still lives mainly from agriculture. In the area of the village farming and fruit growing is operated in the higher regions pastoralism. Due to the large proportion of the forest area and community forestry plays a certain role. For more jobs in our local small businesses. Since the place has developed in recent years for residential community, many employed workers working abroad in the larger communities along the Lake Neuchâtel.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares. The main access is from Concise, a road that connects Mutrux via the neighboring Provence with the Neuchâtel town of Saint -Aubin- Sauges. The nearest links to the motorway A5 ( Yverdon- Neuchatel ) is located approximately 6 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Provence, the village is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1358 under the name Mustrueu; 1867 appeared the spelling Mutru. The place name comes from the patois expression mutru ( Church), which is derived from the Latin monasterium (monastery). Mutrux belonged since the 14th century to the reign Grandson. After 1476 Grandson was a bailiff under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. 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. Mutrux does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Provence.