Vallon

Vallon is a municipality in the district Broye the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

Vallon is located at 482 m above sea level. M., 7 km north of Payerne ( straight line ). The village stretches a scenic location on the gently sloping to the south slope north of Broyeebene, in the northwestern Fribourg plateau.

The area of ​​3.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the ridge that separates Lake Neuchatel from the Broyeebene. The area in the south of a small proportion of the Broyeebene and reaches over the canalized river of Petite Glane up to the A1 motorway. North of the level of communal land extends to the wide Molassehöhenrücken and is bounded to the west by the small valley of Laret, in the east of that of the Ruisseau des Vaux. The highest point of Vallon is 520 m above sea level. M. reached on the corridor Sur le Mont. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 3% of forest and woody plants and 89 % to agriculture.

At Vallon includes the hamlet of Carignan (443 m above sea level. M. ) on the northern edge of the Broyeebene and at the entrance to the little valley of the Laret as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Vallon are Gletterens, Delley- and Saint -Aubin in the Canton of Fribourg and Missy, Corcelles- près -Payerne and Grandcour in the canton of Vaud.

Population

With 351 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vallon is one of the small communities of the Canton of Fribourg. Of the 87.3% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 10.9 % 1.5 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000). The population of Vallon amounted in 1900 to 175 inhabitants. After peaking in 1920 with 235 inhabitants, the population increased to 1970 by around 30 % to 166 persons. Only since a significant population growth was recorded again.

Economy

Vallon 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 place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are available in the local retail and service sectors, among others, in a mechanical workshop. Vallon has an equestrian center. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location and into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the larger towns of Broyetals and in Payerne.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It is located on a link road from Corcelles- près- Payerne to Gletterens. The nearest links to the A1 motorway (Lausanne -Bern ), which opened in 1997, is located about 8 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Payerne to Chevroux, Vallon is connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory of Vallon was settled very early. In the sphere of influence of the Roman city Aventicum ( Avenches ) at today's hamlet Carignan was a large estate, which was inhabited from the 1st to 3rd century AD. Since 1985 the villa was systematically excavated.

Today, 15th-century church in Carignan was built on the remains of a grave building dating from the 5th century. The tomb contained 17 cut into the rock, and some other surrounding tombs that were built over in the 6th century by the first stone church and a baptistery. The later church first belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne, later the Abbey of Payerne. The parish contributed to the end of the 17th century, the name Dompierre -en- Vully and Dompierre -le- Grand in distinction to lying on the other side of the Broyeebene Dompierre- le -Petit.

Vallon itself is only 1342 mentioned under the name Valon, derived from the Latin word vallis ( valley). Since the Middle Ages Vallon belonged to the rule Estavayer. After Bern 1536 had conquered the Vaud countryside, the village came under the rule of Freiburg and the Bailiwick Estavayer was assigned, where it formed an exclave together with Delley Alban. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) was one of Vallon during the Helvetic Republic until 1803 Estavayer district, then the district Montagny and in 1831 the district Dompierre before it was incorporated in 1848 in the District Broye.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint- Pierre in Carignan on a small hill between the Broyeebene and the little valley of the Laret goes in the core back to the time around the year 1000, but was repeatedly remodeled and restored in the later period. At the site of the excavations of the Roman villa, the Roman Museum in Vallon was built in 2000, in which the foundation walls, well-preserved mosaics, including one with an animal baiting ( Venatio ), as well as a number of other finds from the archaeological site are made ​​available to the public.