Rovray

Rovray

Rovray is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2005 merged with Rovray Arrissoules; However, the new community continues to bear the name Rovray.

Geography

Rovray situated 650 meters above sea level. M., 10 km east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village street lines extends to a plateau in the northern Molassehügelland Vaud Mittelland, east of the Valley of Mentue.

The area of ​​3.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal. The southwestern part is occupied by the plateau of Rovray that the deep V-shaped valley of the Ruisseau des Vaux, is bounded on the northwest by the steep drop against Lake Neuchâtel in the southwest. To the northeast extends the communal land on the heights of La Baume (675 m above sea level. M. ) and Les Rapes ( 690 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of Rovray ) down to the ground terrace of Arrissoules. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 20 % of forest and woody plants, 76 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Rovray include the formerly independent village Arrissoules and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Rovray are Yvonand, Molondin and Chavannes -le- Chêne in the canton of Vaud and Cheyres in the Canton of Fribourg.

Population

With 146 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rovray one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 98.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking and English-speaking 1.2 % (as of 2000). The population of Rovray (including Arrissoules ) amounted in 1900 to 243 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1980 by more than 50 % to 110 persons, a slight increase in population was registered again since then.

Economy

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

Traffic

The village Rovray is off the major thoroughfares on a link road known figure after Chavannes -le- Chêne, while Arrissoules is reachable via relatively narrow streets of Rovray or Cheyres. By Postbus course, the starting into the hinterland from Yvonand station, Rovray and is tied to certain times of the day also Arrissoules to the public transport network.

History

The place name derives from the Latin word roboretum (oak grove ). Rovray under stand the medieval rule of Saint -Martin- du- Chêne. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Rovray 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. On 1 January 2005 merged with the neighboring community Rovray Arrissoules, but retained its name.

Attractions

The Chapel of Rovray, whose first building dates from 1448, was always dependent on the parish Yvonand. The present church was rebuilt in 1754. All dating from the 18th and 19th century farmhouses of Rovray have a uniform gable orientation from southwest to northeast. In addition, the village has a furnace house.

Personalities

Alice Rivaz (1901-1998), writer, was born in Rovray.