Sarzens
Sarzens
Sarzens is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Sarzens is located on 719 m above sea level. M., 17 km southwest of the district town Payerne ( straight line ). The small village extends on an inclined north knoll between the Broyetal and the valley of the Ruisseau des Vaux, in the eastern canton of Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 1.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen between the mean Broye and the upper reaches of the Glane. The small community of soil is limited to the slope of Sarzens and reaches above the village at a height of 765 m above sea Grands Champs with. M. the highest point. The eastern boundary runs along the cut into the molasse stream Ruisseau des Vaux. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 16 % of forest and woody plants and 77% to agriculture.
Neighboring communities of Sarzens are Lovatens, Brenles, Chesalles -sur -Moudon and Curtilles.
Population
With 79 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Sarzens one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 95.0% inhabitants are French-speaking, 3.3 % and 1.7 % portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of Sarzens amounted in 1900 to 111 inhabitants. Thereafter, until 1980 due to strong migration, a decrease by more than 50 % to 52 residents recorded; Since then, the population has remained stable.
Economy
Sarzens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population. Outside the primary sector jobs in the village hardly exist. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lucens and in Moudon.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Lucens after Siviriez. By Postbus course, which runs from Moudon to Romont, Sarzens is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1261 under the name Sarsens. The origin of the name is unclear. The name could go back to the Burgundian personal names Sarigîs or are in connection with the Saracens.
In the Middle Ages Sarzens belonged to the bishop of Lausanne, and came in the first half of the 15th century in the sphere of influence of the Dukes of Savoy. 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 Sarzens 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 Moudon. A village fire fell in 1846, many houses for victims.