Treycovagnes
Treycovagnes is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Treycovagnes is located on 457 m above sea level. M., 2.5 km west-southwest of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village street line extends slightly increased on the northern edge of the Orbeebene and at the lower southern slopes of Mont de Chamblon, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 2.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Vaud Mittelland. The communal land extends from the channelized Thielle northward over the intensively farmed Orbeebene with the Grand Occidental and the Mujon up to the southern slopes of Mont de Chamblon where 510 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Treycovagnes is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 14 % came from settlements, 0.5 % of the forest and shrubs, 85 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Treycovagnes include new living quarters Champ Muraz (470 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern slope of Mont de Chamblon, the houses on the eastern foot of the mountain and some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Treycovagnes in the West Yverdon- les- Bains, on the south Ependes, southwest Suscévaz, in the north- west and the north and north- north-east Chamblon Montagny- près -Yverdon.
Population
With 469 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Treycovagnes one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.7% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.8 % and 1.5 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Treycovagnes amounted in 1900 to 185 inhabitants. After the population had decreased slightly to 1980 to 162 people, a rapid population increase has been registered with a tripling of the population within 20 years since, again.
Economy
Treycovagnes was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture (especially vegetable crops and sugar beet ) and the orchards have an important role in the economic structure of the population. On the southern slope of Mont de Chamblon there was once a small wine region. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, Treycovagnes has developed into a residential community. Many employed persons are therefore commuters who work primarily in the area of Yverdon.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Yverdon to Orbe. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Orbe, Treycovagnes is connected to the public transport network.
History
The territory was crossed during the Roman era of the Roman road from Eburodunum ( Yverdon ) to Urba ( Orbe ), but remains from this period are hardly obtained. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Trescovanes. 1364 appeared the name Trecovagnes and 1453 Trescovaignes.
Treycovagnes belonged in the Middle Ages to the rule Grandson. 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 Treycovagnes 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.
Attractions
In the old town some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. Treycovagnes does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Yverdon- les- Bains.