Rances
Rances is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Rances is at 564 m above sea level. M., 4 km north of Orbe and 8 km west-southwest of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The farming village stretches along the edge of the Jura plateau between the Orbeebene and the Jura, north of the valley of Mujon.
The area of 9.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura plateau and the Jura Vaudois. The communal land extends in a narrow strip from the Bois de Vuavre (515 m above sea level. M. ) westward across the Talniederung of Mujon, the plateau and the steep slopes of the Jura to the anticline Suchet. The Seek forms with 1'588 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Rances. A small part of the municipality lies to the west of this mountain in the catchment area of the Jougnena, a tributary of the Orbe. On the Suchet chain is extended Jura high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 36 % of forest and shrubs, 59% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Rances include numerous individual farms that are scattered on the plateau and the Jura hills. The neighboring communities of Rances are in the north Baulmes, northeast Pittet, in the southeast mathod, in the south-southeast Valeyres -sous- Rances, in the south and the southwest and west Sergey L' Abergement.
Population
With 437 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rances is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 96.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.2 % and 0.7 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Rances amounted in 1900 to 493 inhabitants. After a strong migration was recorded until 1970 (314 inhabitants). Since then, the population has risen significantly.
Economy
Rances is a dominantly agricultural village today. On the southern slope below the village, there is a wine region. On the fertile soils of the Jura plateau farming is operated while prevailing in the Jura hills cattle breeding and dairy farming. More jobs offers local small businesses. Since Rances gradually developed in the last decades into a residential community, many are employed commuters who work mainly in Orbe or Yverdon.
Traffic
Although the community is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easy to reach by around 3 km from the port Orbe with the A9 motorway. Through the two postal routes Yverdon - Orbe and Orbe - Baulmes Rances is connected to the public transport network.
History
The territory of Rances was settled very early, which is attested by finds of shell stones, settlement remains from the Bronze Age and of grave mounds from the Iron Age. The first written mention of the village was already in the year 973 under the name Rancias. At this time, Rances belonged to Pagus ( Gau ) of Yverdon in the Kingdom of Burgundy. In the Middle Ages the town was part of the reign of Les Clées. 1548 fell almost the entire village except the church and some houses surrounding a fire victim.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Rances was part of the Kastlanei Les Clées under 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. It was in 1798 the district of Orbe allocated.
Attractions
The church of Saint -Sulpice, in 1228 first mentioned in the Middle Ages was the most important church in the reign Les Clées. After a partial collapse in 1820 it was largely rebuilt. The Tithe Barn is from 1597th In densely built village some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.