Poliez-Pittet
Poliez -Pittet
Poliez -Pittet is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Poliez -Pittet is on 743 m above sea level. M., 4 km east-southeast of Echallens and 12 km north- northeast of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a terrace on the Northern Slope of the heights of the Jorat, in the eastern Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 5.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the higher Vaud Mittelland. The communal land ranges from small valley of the river Coruz to the southeast across the slope of Poliez -Pittet and the hill Bois Conti ( 834 m above sea level. M. ). The eastern boundary runs along the upper reaches of the Mentue. In a narrow strip, the area extends to the southeast in the vast forests of the Jorat and reached on the Mont des Lex 852 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Poliez -Pittet. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 37 % of forest and woody plants and 56% to agriculture.
To Poliez -Pittet include several individual farms. The neighboring communities of Poliez -Pittet are in the north Montilliez, in the east Jorat Menthue, to the south and west Froideville Bottens.
Population
With 712 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Poliez -Pittet one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 95.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.8 % and 1.1 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Poliez -Pittet amounted in 1900 to 347 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 289 people, a significant population increase was recorded with a doubling of the population within 30 years.
Economy
Poliez -Pittet was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have an important role in the economic structure of the population. For more jobs in our local small businesses and service sectors. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Echallens and in the Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed, although it is located away from larger thoroughfares. The link road from Lausanne to Thierrens runs approximately 1 km from the town center. By Postbus courses that run from Echallens and Froideville after Thierrens, Poliez -Pittet is connected to the public transport network.
History
The municipal area of Poliez -Pittet significant remains were discovered from the Roman period, including the foundations of a Roman villa. In the soil several statuettes were (among other things a Venus bronze ) found. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1230 under the name Pollie Pitet lo. The place name comes from the Roman personal name Pollius.
Poliez -Pittet formed in the Middle Ages probably with Poliez -le- Grand a common territory which was under the Lords of Bottens. Later, there were several changes of ownership. After the Burgundian Wars came Poliez -Pittet 1476 at the Bailiwick Orbe Echallens, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. The church was used after the introduction of the Reformation of followers of both faiths. 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. 1798 was assigned to the District Echallens.
Attractions
Poliez -Pittet today has two churches: The Catholic church of Sainte -Marie -Madeleine in 1914, the Protestant parish church built in 1920. In the center of the village stands the clock tower built in 1780 Turlet.