Oleyres
Oleyres is a village in the municipality of Avenches Broye Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Oleyres was formerly a municipality and was incorporated on 1 July 2011 in the municipality of Avenches.
Geography
Oleyres is located at 550 m above sea level. M., 8.5 km northeast of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a broad saddle between the Forest Heights Bois de Châtel and Forêt du Grand Belmont, south of the Broyeebene, the Swiss Plateau.
The area of 1.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of Canton Fribourg's Molassehügellandes and is surrounded on three sides by freiburgischem Canton area. The central part is occupied by the seat of Oleyres, the east to the valley of Chandon, west to the little valley of the Ruisseau de Coppet lowers ( one side of the creek Arbogne ). In the south, the area extends to the ridge of the Grand Belmont, on the 645 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Oleyres is achieved. To the northeast, the communal land along the southern side of the Bois de Châtel (up to 600 m above sea level. M. ) extends to the river of Chandon. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 25 % of forest and shrubs, 69% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Oleyres include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Oleyres were Avenches in the canton of Vaud and Domdidier, Léchelles and Courtion in the Canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 240 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Oleyres was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 78.9% inhabitants are French-speaking, 15.3 % in German and 2.7 % English speaking (as of 2000). The population of Oleyres amounted in 1860 to 317 residents in 1900 to 283 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 174 persons, a slight increase in population was registered again since then.
Economy
Oleyres 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. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. These include operation in the timber and a Antikschreinerei. Previously, several mills were operated along the Chandon. Since 1879 there was a mill in the village. In recent decades, Oleyres has also developed into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares, yet is within easy reach of Avenches. The motorway connection Avenches off the A1 ( Lausanne- Bern ) is about 5 km from the center. Oleyres has no connection to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Oleres. Later, the spellings Olyeres ( 1239 ) published, Olleres ( 1255 ), Olieres ( 1272 ), Oleires (1340 ) and Olleyres, Oleyre, Oleire and Oleyres in the 14th century. The place name comes from the Latin word olla (pot ), from which developed the Old French Olier. It designates a place where pottery were produced.
First Oleyres belonged to a rich citizen of Freiburg, with the surrounding areas in 1272 sold it to the monastery Hauterive. From this it came in 1310 at Avenches. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Avenches. The claims of Freiburg on the return of Oleyres was not granted. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the place was in 1798 attached to the Canton of Fribourg during the Helvetic Republic. With the enactment of the Act of Mediation in 1803 Oleyres was re- allocated together with the present-day district of Avenches an exclave of the Canton of Vaud.
Attractions
The Chapel of Oleyres was built in 1735 and 1916 and restored in 1949. In the center some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.