Palézieux

Palézieux was until 31 December 2011, a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The former municipality consists of two centers: Palézieux and Palézieux -Gare. On January 1, 2012 merged with Palézieux Oron.

Geography

Palézieux is located at 634 m above sea level. M., 2 km south of Oron- la -Ville and 16 km east of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located in the wide valley of the Haute- Broye, between the rivers of the Broye and their right Mionne Bach, in the eastern marginal zone of Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​5.8 km ² large former municipal area includes a portion of the upper Broyetals and the adjacent Molassehöhen in the foothills. The central part of the former municipality of surface forms the wide ravine in the Haute- Broye, which is traversed by the Broye from southeast to northwest. This takes at Palézieux south of the Biorde, from the east to the Mionne. The Molassehöhen the area close to the up to 2 km wide valley. Only in the East this still belong to the former municipality, namely Palézieux -Gare (up to 700 m above sea level. M. ), in the woods Pierra Confry ( 752 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Palézieux ) and in the Bois de l' Erberey (up to 740 m above sea level. M. ). From the former rural community area in 1997 accounted for 11% settlements, 25 % of forest and woody plants and 64% agriculture.

The former municipality comprises the towns Palézieux ( 634 m above sea level. M. ) in Broyetal and Palézieux- Gare ( 676 m above sea level. M. ) on the slope between the rivers of Broye and Biorde. In addition, include a number of individual farms to Palézieux.

Population

With 1,326 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2010) Palézieux belongs to the medium-sized former municipalities of the canton of Vaud. Of the 89.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.4 % and 2.1 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Palézieux amounted in 1900 to 587 inhabitants. Throughout the 20th century the population began to slowly but steadily; only during the 1980s increased population increase was recorded.

Economy

Palézieux was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In Palézieux -Gare is a larger industrial park. Among the local companies include companies from the pharmaceutical field, the body, the production of construction machinery, a locksmith and a welding shop. Since 1863 Palézieux is the site of the Institut Romand d'éducation de Serix. Through the construction of several houses in the past few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and Vevey.

Traffic

The former municipality is traffic-infrastructure. It lies on the road from Moudon via Oron- la -Ville to Vevey. On September 4, 1862, the railway line from Lausanne to Freiburg was taken with the Palézieux- Gare in operation. Palézieux -Gare is a railway junction, since the branches opened on August 25, 1876 via Moudon line to Payerne. This route also has a railway station in Palézieux. On 29 April 1901, the narrow gauge railway line from Palézieux -Gare to Châtel -Saint -Denis was finally inaugurated. For the dispersion in public transport bus routes Palézieux -Gare to Oron -la -Ville, Semsales, Mézières and to Romont provide.

History

Remains of a Roman Villa witness a settlement of the municipality of Palézieux since Roman times. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1134 under the name Pallexiu, Palleysieu and Palaisol. Later published numerous other spellings: Palatiolum ( 1141 ), Palaysol, Palazuz, Palaziolum and Pallasiolum ( 1155 ), Palesuez ( 1218 ), Palasuel ( 1228 ), Pallexieu ( 1545 ), and for the first time Palézieux (1675 ). From 1867 Palaisieux and Palésieux have survived. The place name derives from the Latin word palatiolum ( diminutive of palatium ) in the definition of small palace from.

Palézieux formed in the Middle Ages, a rule which was under the suzerainty of Savoy. The Lords of Palézieux founded next to the bridge of the Broye in the 12th century a castle. Successor of the Men of Palézieux were at the beginning of the 14th century, the lords of Billens that the fortified town with walls Palézieux founded in the castle and in 1344 sided with the city charter. End of the 14th century Palézieux came to the Counts of Greyerz, the rule was combined with that of Oron and Palézieux demoted to the rank of a village.

After the conquest of Vaud by Bern, the village came in 1557 to the Bernese bailiff Oron. After the collapse of the ancien régime Palézieux 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.

Attractions

Already in the 12th century was in Palézieux a church. The present building in the classical style dates from 1829, while the rectory was built in 1707. From the former castle Palézieux some remains of walls are still preserved.