Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland

Saint- Barthélémy

Saint -Barthélemy is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. During the Middle Ages the church Goumoens -le- Châtel was called. 1870, the hitherto official municipality name Brétigny -Saint- Barthelemy was shortened to the present.

Geography

Saint -Barthélemy is located at 593 m above sea level. M., 3 km west of Echallens and 13 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located in the lowlands of talent, in the central part of Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​4.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The area is traversed in numerous turns from east to west by the talent. The river has created a broad lowland and deepened gradually below Saint -Barthélemy in the molasse of the Plateau one. In the southeast of communal land extends into the lowlands of Mortigue, a left Bach's talent, and in the north east in the forest area Bois du Mont The plateau has only very small differences in relief in the area of Saint -Barthélemy, and is situated at an average altitude of 590 m ü. M. The highest point is 613 meters above sea level. M. reached on Castle Hill. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 12% of forest and woody plants and 81 % to agriculture.

At Saint -Barthélemy the hamlet Epinay include ( 596 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern side of the talent and some individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Barthelemy in the east Echallens, in the southeast Assen, in the south Bioley -Orjulaz, Southwest Bettens, in the west Oulens -sous -Echallens and in the north Goumoëns.

Population

With 760 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Saint- Barthelemy one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 94.3% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.5 % and 1.0 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Saint -Barthélemy amounted in 1900 to 262 inhabitants. Since 1980 (344 inhabitants) a significant population increase has been reported with nearly a doubling of the population within 20 years.

Economy

Saint -Barthélemy was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have some significance in the occupational structure of the population. For more jobs in our local small business and especially in the service sector. Most jobs offers housed in the Castle special education center. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Echallens and in the Lausanne area.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via normal, although it is located away from larger thoroughfares on a connecting road from Echallens to Bettens. The highway connecting La Sarraz at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is about 5 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Chavornay, Saint -Barthélemy is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1097 under the name castrum Gomoens; 1228 appeared the name Gumuens li Chastez. Since 1265 the present name, whose origins date back to the chapel, as Capellam sancti Bartholomei handed. For a long time in the 19th century was called the town of Saint -Barthélemy- Epinay.

Saint -Barthélemy belonged in the Middle Ages to the rule Goumoens the same noble family which is mentioned in the 11th century. This family left before 1100 on the hill west of the village built a castle and called it Goumoens -le- Châtel. Around the castle which gave rise to a small settlement. In the course of the 13th century, the non-contiguous territory was split into three parts. Goumoens -le- Châtel formed henceforth next Goumoens -la -Ville and Goumoens- le -Jux own rule. After the extinction of the noble family at the beginning of the 15th century there were numerous changes of ownership. The settlement had then taken the name Goumoens -Saint -Barthélemy and was called since about 1500, only Saint -Barthélemy.

In the context of the Burgundian Wars, the Confederates destroyed the castle. 1476 came Saint-Barthélemy to the Bailiwick Orbe Echallens, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. 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 Echallens.

Attractions

The first church in the municipality was the St. Bartholomew's chapel from the 13th century, the monastery was under the Romainmôtier. 1537 the present church was built on the site of the former chapel. It has been used for a long time by both the Catholics as well as Protestants. The new Catholic church in the district of Epinay was built in 1801 and remodeled in 1863.

The castle is at the core of the 12th century, but learned over time many changes and transformations and was drawn by the Confederates in 1475, 1802, during the uprising of Bourla Papeys affected. In 1877 a comprehensive restoration took place. In the massive palace, a square and a polygonal tower are integrated. Today, the castle and the surrounding buildings ( opened in 2000 ), a special education center.

Personalities

• Lucien Favre, football coach ( b. 1957 )
• Stanislas Wawrinka, tennis player ( born 1985 )