Vuarrens

Vuarrens

Vuarrens is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Vuarrens is located on 677 m above sea level. Level, 19 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends to a broad ridge between the valleys of the Buron in the west and the Sauteru in the east, in the northern Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​9.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the northern Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The communal land extends from the valley of the Buron with its vast forests ( Bois du Tronc, Bois des Rapes and Bois Bretoneire ) eastward over the ridge of Vuarrens up in the valley of the Sauteru. The highest point of the municipality is 704 m above sea level. M. reached on this ridge. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 24 % of forest and shrubs and 71% to agriculture.

To Vuarrens include the hamlet Vuarrengel ( 667 m above sea level. M. ), Chollet (670 m above sea level. M. ) and Salagnon ( 668 m above sea level. M. ) on the upper western slope of the ridge, Le Chauchy ( 694 m above sea level. M. ) east of the village as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Vuarrens are in the north Essertines -sur- Yverdon, in the northeast Pailly, in the southeast Fey, in the south of Villars- le -Terroir, in the west and northwest Penthéréaz Corcelles -sur- Chavornay.

Population

With 837 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vuarrens one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 94.3% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.5 % and 1.1 % Spanish speaking (as of 2000). The population of Vuarrens amounted in 1900 to 532 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1960 to 415 people, a significant increase in population was recorded again.

Economy

Vuarrens 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 role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in Echallens, in Yverdon and Lausanne area.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 5 of Lausanne via Echallens to Yverdon. With a local bypass Vuarrens and Vuarrengel are relieved of through traffic. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Yverdon, Vuarrens is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1147 under the name Vuarens and Warens. Later, the names Wareins ( 1234) and Vuarans (1668 ) published. The name goes back to the Burgundian personal names Wara and means for the people of Wara. The north adjoins Vuarrens Vuarrengel hamlet was named in 1184 as Warrengel first time. The spellings Warengel and Warenjel are handed down from 1236 and provide the diminutive form of Vuarrens dar.

Since the Middle Ages Vuarrens belonged to the Lausanne cathedral chapter. 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 Vuarrens 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 Echallens.

Attractions

The Church of Vuarrens goes back in the core of a medieval building that was remodeled 1746-47 and Baroque. In the center some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.

Famous residents

  • Louise Françoise de la Tour, wife of I. de Loys, owner of the domain Vuarrens, and later under the name of Madame de Warens known as the girlfriend of Jean -Jacques Rousseau.
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