Vuiteboeuf

Vuiteboeuf

Vuiteboeuf is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Vuiteboeuf is located on 589 m above sea level. M., 7 km west-north- west of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located at the mouth of Baumine in the Arnon, below the Gorges de Covatanne, in a Talniederung at the foot of the Jura.

The area of ​​5.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura plateau. The communal land extends from the valley of the Brine on the sloping plateau to the southeast to the right at the foot of the Jura mountains flowing parallel to the Arnon. In the north, the area reaches the steep slope of the Jura up ( Côte de Vugelles ), while in the west the slopes of Mont de Baulmes still belongs to Vuiteboeuf. With 1,160 m above sea level. M. Here, the highest point in the municipality is reached. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 42 % of forest and woody plants, 50 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Vuiteboeuf include the village Peney ( 565 m above sea level. M. ) on the foot of the Jura plateau above the brine as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Vuiteboeuf are in the northwest of Sainte- Croix, in the north Bullet, northeast Vugelles -La Mothe, in the east Orges, to the south and southwest Pittet Baulmes.

Population

With 522 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vuiteboeuf one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 88.0% inhabitants are French-speaking, 2.9 % and 2.2 % speak Albanian portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Vuiteboeuf amounted in 1870 to 465 inhabitants. Thereafter, a decrease by more than 50 % to 228 inhabitants was recorded due to high levels of emigration until 1980, since then the population has risen significantly.

Economy

Vuiteboeuf was until the end of the 19th century, mainly coined by farming village. Since the 17th century there were several mills and sawmills in Arnon. From the late 19th century until 1960 there was a game cannery. Today the population lives from local small businesses and agriculture, where agriculture predominates. There is also an electricity plant. In recent decades, Vuiteboeuf has developed into a residential community. Many employed persons are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

Traffic

The municipality is situated on the main road from Yverdon to Sainte- Croix. On November 27, 1893, the narrow gauge railway Chemin de fer Yverdon - Ste -Croix put into operation. The station is located outside the resort, halfway between Vuiteboeuf and Peney. In addition Vuiteboeuf is operated by the Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon Novalles.

History

The municipal area was settled very early, which is attested by finds of grave mounds of the early Iron Age. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1024 under the name Vaitibo 1405 appeared the name Vuitebo. The place name derives from the Germanic Vardo ( guard, guard ) and from the Latin bos ( cow, ox ).

Vuiteboeuf belonged since the Middle Ages to the rule Grandson. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the location on the right bank of the Arnon district came to the bailiwick of Yverdon, the left bank part of the Bailiwick of Grandson. 1798 at Vuiteboeuf a battle between the revolutionaries from the Vaud and France as well as the bern loyal inhabitants of Grandson was discharged, the latter ended in defeat. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village belonged as part of the district of Grandson 1798-1803 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. 1803 Vuiteboeuf was assigned to the district of Orbe.

Attractions

The former parish church in Peney 1907 was demolished except for the tower, after 1904 a new church was built on the outskirts of Vuiteboeuf. At the height of the right of the little valley of the Baumine are the ruins of the Château des Tours, which once belonged to the lords of Grandson and was destroyed during the Burgundian Wars.