Pomy, Switzerland
Pomy is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Pomy is on 558 m above sea level. M., 3 km south-east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a plateau south of the ridge of the Montela, Molassehügelland in the northern Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 5.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between the Orbeebene and Broye. The central part of the area is occupied by a wide plateau, which drops to that of the Niauque to the Valley of Cuarny, southwest to northeast. This creek, a tributary of the Buron, forms the southwestern border. In the south, the municipality extends to the ridge of the Montela and reaches the skin with Baume de 642 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Pomy. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 16 % of forest and woody plants and 77% to agriculture.
To Pomy include the hamlet Chevressy ( 579 m above sea level. M. ) on the southwestern slope of the Montela high above Yverdon, the residential development calamine (500 m above sea level. M. ) on the outskirts of Yverdon and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Pomy are Yverdon- les- Bains, Cuarny, Cronay, Ursins, Valeyres -sous- Ursins and Gressy.
Population
With 694 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Pomy one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 95.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.9 % and 1.5 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Pomy amounted in 1900 to 497 inhabitants. After the population had declined by 1980 to 400 people, a significant population increase has been registered since then again.
Economy
Pomy was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. Pomy since 1985 location of a vocational training center for the disabled. In recent decades, Pomy has developed into a residential community. Many employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Yverdon to Moudon which has a local bypass road at Pomy. The highway connecting Yverdon- Sud in 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is approximately 3 km from the center. Today, the municipality is under crossed by 3 km long Tunnel de Pomy of 2001 inaugurated A1 ( Yverdon- Payerne). By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Thierrens, Pomy is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1184 under the name Pomierus. Later, the names Pomiers ( 1211 ) published, Pomer ( 1237 ) and Pomier ( 1453). The place name derives from the Latin word pomarium ( orchard ) and refers in particular to apple trees (French pommier ).
Since the Middle Ages Pomy was part of the reign of Belmont. The Abbey Montheron possessed fundamental rights in the area of the village. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Pomy came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon. 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 of Yverdon. Within the framework of a boundary settlement, the Court La Grand -Fin was ceded in 1964 by Pomy to Cuarny.
Attractions
The church Saint -Georges is originally from the 14th century, but was later rebuilt several times. In the center some stately farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.