Vucherens
Vucherens
Vucherens is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Vucherens is located on 678 m above sea level. It is 25 km southwest of the district town Payerne ( straight line ). The scattered settlement municipality extends on a ridge between the valleys of Bressonne and Carrouge, northeast of the heights of the Jorat, in the eastern canton of Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 3.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehügellandes northeast of the Jorat. The area is bounded on the west by the Bressonne, to the east by Carrouge. Both rivers have carved over millions of years deep erosion valleys in the molasse. To the west of the valley of the Carrouge a broad landscape terrace M. adjoined, from which the slope gradually to the ridge with the Bois de Bioley ( 753 m above sea level. M. ) and the Wiesenhügel Bochet ( 757 m above sea level., The highest point increases from Vucherens ). Even the Valley of Bressonne is flanked by a terrace area. From the municipality surface 1997 11 % came from settlements, 24 % of forest and woody plants and 65 % to agriculture.
To Vucherens include the hamlets of Le Closy (666 m above sea level. M. ) on the western side of the valley of the Carrouge and La Râpe (680 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern side of the valley of the Bressonne and various individual courtyards. Neighboring communities of Vucherens are Syens Vulliens, Carrouge, Ropraz and Hermenches.
Population
With 520 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vucherens one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.7% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.9 % and 1.6 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Vucherens amounted in 1900 to 379 inhabitants. Thereafter, until 1970, by strong emigration a decrease to 258 inhabitants recorded; Since then, the population grew significantly again.
Economy
Vucherens 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. By creating a number of single-family homes in the past few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in Moudon and Lausanne.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Moudon via Chexbres to Vevey. Through the western part of the well-developed community Hauptstrasse 1 of Bern runs via Payerne to Lausanne, which had high traffic frequencies before the opening of the motorway from Bern in western Switzerland. Through the bus line 62, the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise that runs from Lausanne to Moudon, Vucherens is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1215 under the name Wisserens. Later, the names Wichereins ( 1251 ) and Wicherens published ( 1364 ). The place name is from the Burgundian personal names Wisihar derived ( in the 9th century as Wicharius known) and means for the people of Wisihar.
Vucherens was the Savoyard castle Bailiwick Moudon in the Middle Ages part. 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 Vucherens 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. From 1700 to 1900 was mined in several quarries near Vucherens tuff, which was often used for bridges, fountains and home construction in the region.
Attractions
The Reformed Church of Saint -Pierre- et- Pancrace 1737 built on the ridge above the village. Some characteristic farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.