Villars-le-Grand

Villars -le- Grand was a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. July 1, 2011 Villars -le- Grand went on in the new community Vully -les -Lacs. The former German name Gross Wiler is no longer used today. Villars -le- Grand is a unit together with the village of Les Friques. The east of the village street nearby homes of Les Friques belong to Villars -le- Grand, while westbound until 1991 an independent municipality in the canton of Fribourg formed, but are now incorporated to Saint- Aubin.

Geography

Villars -le- Grand is located at 473 m above sea level. Level, 10 km north-east of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on the southern slope of the ridge between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyeebene, a scenic location about 40 m above the plane on the Swiss Plateau.

The area of ​​4.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Broyeebene. The communal land extends from the channelized Broye northward over the intensively farmed plane that is crossed by the Petite Glane, to the adjacent broad Molassehöhenrücken. On the skin d' Etrey is 520 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Villars -le- Grand achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 3% of forest and woody plants, 88 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 2% was unproductive land.

At Villars -le- Grand include the eastern part of the village of Les Friques as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Villars -le- Grand were Chabrey, Montmagny and Avenches in the canton of Vaud and Saint- Aubin and Delley- in Fribourg.

Population

With 282 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Villars -le- Grand was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 90.3 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.3 % and 0.7 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Villars -le- Grand in 1860 amounted to 424 inhabitants in 1900 to 390 inhabitants. After the population had declined by 1980 to 259 persons, a slight increase in population was registered again since then.

Economy

Villars -le- Grand was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population; In former times, viticulture was operated. Some other jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location and into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the road from Avenches to Cudrefin. The motorway connection Avenches off the A1 ( Lausanne- Bern ) is 4 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Avenches to Cudrefin, Villars- le -Grand is connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory was inhabited in the Bronze Age and was later crossed by a Roman road. The first documentary mention of the place was in the 12th century under the name Vilario s Williex. 1246 appeared the name Uilar. Until the 18th century, the village also Villars -en- Vully was called. The name dates back to the late Latin word villare ( hamlet, farm ).

In the Middle Ages Villars -le- Grand was owned by the Bishop of Sion, who sold his estate at Mont Vully in 1250 to Peter of Savoy. Since then, the village belonged to Kastlanei Cudrefin. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Villars -le- Grand came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Avenches. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village was in 1798 attached to the Canton of Fribourg during the Helvetic Republic. With the enactment of the Act of Mediation in 1803 Villars -le- Grand was re- allocated together with the present-day district of Avenches an exclave of the Canton of Vaud.

Attractions

Today's Reformed Church was built in 1690 on the site of dating from the 14th century chapel of Saint- Laurent by Samuel Jenner. In the years 1991 and 1992 the church was restored. In the center stands an isolated tower, which was built in 1764 as a clock tower. Villars -le- Grand also owns a mansion that dates back to the Middle Ages in the nucleus, but was remodeled in the 17th century.

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