Prahins

Prahins was until 31 December 2011, a municipality in the district of Jura -Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2012, it is fused with Donneloye.

Geography

Prahins is located on 693 m above sea level. M., 9 km east-southeast of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village street line extends on a ridge in the northern Molassehügelland Vaud Mittelland, east of the Valley of Mentue.

The area of ​​2.4 km ² large former municipal area includes a small section of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal. The inclined to the west slope of Prahins is bounded on the north-east of the brook Flonzel. Above the village is 740 meters above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Prahins. In the south, the former communal land extends into the Bois de la Faye, in the southwest begins a steep valley, which falls rapidly to the creek Les Vernettes, which forms the western border. In the northwestern part of the municipality, the forest height Bois de la Dame are (680 m above sea level. M. ) and the Saumont ( also 680 m above sea level. M. ). From the former rural community area in 1997 4 % related to settlements, 26 % of forest and woody plants and 70 % to agriculture.

Population

With 123 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) Prahins one of the small former municipalities of the canton of Vaud. Of the 92.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 6.4 % and 1.6 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Prahins amounted in 1900 to 175 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 by more than 50 % to 79 persons, a significant population increase has been registered since then again.

Economy

Prahins still lives mainly from agriculture, especially from agriculture and animal husbandry. Outside the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage primarily in Yverdon their work.

Traffic

The former municipality is traffic-technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Yverdon to Moudon which has a local bypass road at Prahins. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Thierrens, Prahins is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1187 under the name Prehens. Unspecified known is the origin of the place name. Prahins belonged in the Middle Ages to the rule Donneloye. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon. After the back to the second half of the 18th century fragmented into seven fiefs municipality was put together, Prahins formed briefly own little rule. 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.

Attractions

The Reformed Church of Prahins was built in 1900 in the style of Neo-Romanesque. In some local stately farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. Prahins further has an old thresher, which is operated by horses.