Villars-Epeney
Villars- Epeney is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Villars- Epeney is located on 548 m above sea level. M., 5 km east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The farming village extends on the slightly inclined to the northeast slope of Montela Molassehügelland in the northern Vaud Mittelland.
The area of only just 0.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal. The municipality is located on the northeast slope of the ground Montela, in the headwaters of Ruisseau de l' epena flowing in a small hollow in the hillside. The highest point of the municipality is 580 m above sea level. M. reached in the forest of Montela. From the municipality surface 1997 2 % came from settlements, 15 % of forest and woody plants and 83 % to agriculture.
The neighboring towns of Villars- Epeney are in the west and north Cheseaux- Noreaz, in the east and in the south Yvonand Cuarny.
Population
With 79 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Villars- Epeney one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 98.0% inhabitants are French-speaking and 2.0 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Villars- Epeney amounted in 1900 to 51 inhabitants. After the population to 1970 decreased to 27 people, a population increase was registered again since then.
Economy
Villars- Epeney 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 community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Cheseaux- Noreaz to La Mauguettaz. By Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon via Cheseaux- Noreaz after Cuarny, Villars- Epeney is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1177 under the name Espiney 1549 appeared the name Villars- Espiney. After the Burgundian Wars Villars- Epeney came as belonging to Yvonand hamlet in 1476 under the administration of the Bailiwick Grandson, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. The hamlet was raised in 1765 in the status of an independent municipality. After the collapse of the ancien régime Villars- Epeney 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.