Ropraz
Ropraz
Ropraz is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Ropraz is located at 748 m above sea level. M., 27 km southwest of the district town Payerne ( straight line ). The village is located on a plateau on the eastern slopes of the Jorat, west of the Valley of Bressonne, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 4.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen between the Jorat and the upper reaches of the Broye. The long narrow strip of the municipality spell of Ropraz is bounded on the east by the middle reaches of the Bressonne who has created over time up to 60 m deep, forested valley in the molasse. From the Bressonne the communal land extending westward to the plateau of Ropraz, which is divided by the valley of the Ruisseau de Corcelles into two parts. To the south, the area extends as far as the brook Cerjuz. Ropraz has a small enclave on the eastern slope of the Jorat at Montpreveyres; here is 840 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. From the municipality surface 1997 9 % came from settlements, 19 % of forest and woody plants and 72% to agriculture.
To Ropraz include the hamlet verse chez les Rod ( 765 m above sea level. M. ) west of the valley of the Ruisseau de Corcelles, Ussières (720 m above sea level. M. ) in the Valley of Bressonne as well as several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Ropraz are Carrouge, Montpreveyres, Corcelles -le- Jorat, Hermenches and Vucherens.
Population
With 367 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Ropraz is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 87.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.0 % and 2.4 % speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Ropraz amounted in 1900 to 292 inhabitants. Thereafter, through constant migration to 1960 recorded a decrease to 205 inhabitants; Since then, the population grew significantly again.
Economy
Ropraz was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the crop and livestock farming have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. In the Valley of Bressonne and along the main road 1 new companies have since the 1960s settled, including the Labo Photo Club SA ( near the border with Montpreveyres ), a Migrol gas station and several small factories. Ropraz is the location of the art gallery L' Estrée. 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.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It is located about 1 km from the main road 1 from Lausanne to Bern via Payerne away. This road was frequented by transit traffic in western Switzerland especially before the opening of the motorway from Bern. Ropraz is connected by a postal car course with Corcelles -le- Jorat that of the bus line 62 the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise (Lausanne -Moudon ) is operated.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1234 under the name Rospraz. Later the names Roppra and Rosprad published. The place name derives probably from French pré rond (round meadow).
Ropraz belonged in the Middle Ages to the rule Vulliens. After 1327 were due to Erbgängen and selling numerous changes of ownership, and Ropraz formed at times also has its own rule. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick Moudon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Ropraz 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
The Reformed Church of Ropraz in 1761 built on the site of a medieval chapel. As a hall church with three-sided chancel roof skylights and it shows the typical style of the Vaud country churches. The municipal area of Ropraz there are two castles: Château de Ropraz, a stately country house, which belonged to the lords of Ropraz, and the Château d' Ussières. In Bourg- lingerie a farmhouse of 1633 is obtained, which is a listed building.