Villars-le-Comte
Villars -le- Comte
Villars -le- Comte is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Villars -le- Comte, situated 765 m above sea level. Level, 16 km southwest of the district town Payerne ( straight line ). The village street lines extending Molassehügelland the northern Vaud Mittelland, the upper western flank of the Cerjaule: a scenic location overlooking the Bernese, Freiburg and Savoy Alps.
The area of 4.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the ridge between the Lembe in the west and in the east Cerjaule. The communal land does not reach these watercourses, but is mainly drained by the Cerjaule which opens at Lucens in the Broye. On the meadow hill above the village is 806 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of Villars -le- Comte achieved. In the southwest extends the area in the Bois de la Gouille, to the north east to the Bois d' amont ( 776 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 26 % of forest and woody plants and 71% to agriculture.
At Villars -le- Comte include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Villars -le- Comte are Forel -sur- Lucens Lucens and Montanaire in the Canton of Vaud and Prévondavaux in the Canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 154 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Villars -le- Comte is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 96.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 0.8 % and 0.8 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Villars -le- Comte in 1860 amounted to 239 inhabitants, 1900 to 226 inhabitants. Thereafter, until 1970 due to strong migration, a decrease of around 50 % to 109 inhabitants recorded; Since then, the population rose slightly again.
Economy
Villars -le- Comte was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including an organ workshop. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Moudon and in Lucens.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares, but is of Lucens relatively easy to reach. By Postbus course, which runs from Moudon via Villars -le- Comte after Thierrens, the village is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1147 under the name Vilario Comitis. Later, the names Villare comitis ( 1168 ) published, Villari Comite ( 1182 ) and Vilar le Conte in the 13th century. The name, translated village of Count, goes back to a former castle on the hill above Villars -le- Comte.
Villars -le- Comte always was under the rule Lucens, which belonged to the bishops of Lausanne. 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 Villars -le- Comte 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.
Attractions
Today's Reformed Church in 1822 built on the site of a medieval chapel. In some local stately farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.