Yvonand

Yvonand

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

Geography

Yvonand is located on 438 m above sea level. M., 8 km east-northeast of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village extends on the alluvial plain of the Mentue, just before its confluence with Lake Neuchâtel, in the northern Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​13.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal. The central part of the area occupied by the broad alluvial plain of the Mentue which opens with a small delta in Lake Neuchatel. The lake is in the region known figure flat and surrounded by a reed and forest belt. In the southeast of communal land extends to the edge of the adjacent high plateaus at Rovray and Arrissoules and reached at the height of La Baume, which decays with a rock edge after Yvonand out the highest point 675 meters above sea level. M. The southern part of the municipality includes up to 1 km wide Talniederung the Mentue below its sunk into the molasse Kerbtals. Also, the opening out of the right side of Bach Ruisseau des Vaux has created over the course of millions of years by its erosive power a V-shaped valley. Between these two valleys is the forest height Bois de Montessy and the subsequent plateau of Niédens. The western boundary runs here and there along the stream Ruisseau de l' epena, which rises on the ridge of the Montela. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 33 % of forest and woody plants, 54 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 3% was unproductive land.

To Yvonand include the hamlet Mordagne (436 m above sea level. M. ) in the floodplain of the Mentue west of the river, Le Moulin (451 m above sea level. M. ) at the entrance to the Vallon de Vaux, Les Vursis (442 m above sea level. M. ) and La Mauguettaz (452 m above sea level. M. ) in the Talniederung the Mentue, Grande- Moille ( 522 m above sea level. M. ) on the northeast slope of the Montela, Niédens lingerie ( 549 m above sea level. M. ) and Niédens -Dessus ( 565 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau between the valleys of Mentue and Ruisseau des Vaux and numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities known figure are Cheseaux- Noreaz, Villars- Epeney, Cuarny, Cronay, Donneloye, Molondin and Rovray in the Canton of Vaud and Cheyres in the Canton of Fribourg.

Population

With 2729 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Yvonand belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud and is also the second largest municipality in the district of Yverdon. Of the 91.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.4 % and 1.1 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population known figure amounted in 1850 to 861 inhabitants, 1900 to 1,187 inhabitants. Thereafter, the population rose to 1980 only slightly to ( 1328 inhabitants). Since then, a rapid population increase was recorded.

Economy

Yvonand was until the end of the 19th century, mainly stamped by agriculture village. There were some small industries, such as mills, brickworks and sawmills. With the improved transport links to the opening of the railway line and the construction of the Seeuferstrasse also larger companies in Yvonand up operations. These included the brick - Dutoit Morandi, which until 1979 was from 1880 into operation, and the metal construction company Geilinger ( 1975-1997 ).

Today, farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have only a minor role in the occupational structure of the population. Furthermore, fish farming is operated. In addition to the local small businesses a cable plant, the food industry, machine shops and businesses of information technology play an important role.

Yvonand furthermore have an agricultural center, several recreational facilities (sports grounds, marina and camping ). Thanks to the boat harbor and beautiful beach on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel in the Grande Caricaie there are also some tourism. In recent decades, Yvonand has developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work primarily in the area of Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Yverdon to Estavayer -le- Lac. Through traffic is managed since 2001 on the newly opened section of Yverdon -Payerne the A1 motorway (Lausanne -Bern ). This highway runs on the heights south of Yvonand why the deep valleys of Mentue and the Ruisseau des Vaux with two impressive, each about 100 m high viaducts ( Pont sur ​​la Mentue and Viaduc des Vaux ) had to be spanned. The nearest motorway connections are Yverdon- Ouest ( 10 km away ) and Estavayer -le- Lac ( 14 km ).

On 1 February 1877, the railway line Yverdon -Payerne was taken with a station in Yvonand in operation. For the dispersion in public transport a bus route that serves the communities of the hinterland in a circular course provides.

History

Yvonand can look back on a very long urban tradition. The first settlements in the caves in the Vallon de Vaux were used around 4000 years before Christ. From this time some petroglyphs have been preserved. In the Bronze Age villages have been established in the bay known figure. Also in the Celtic and Roman era, the municipality has been inhabited since it was on the road from Eburodunum ( Yverdon ) to Aventicum ( Avenches ). In Mordagne west of Mentue the foundations of a Roman villa have been excavated, which was built around 100 AD. The settlement spots, which also includes a sanctuary belonged ( a Gallo-Roman temple with ) was probably inhabited until about the year 400.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1009 under the name Evonant. Later, the names Ivonant (1100), de Vonant appeared in the 12th century, Eyvonant ( 1437) and Yvonant ( 1453). The place name is probably from the Germanic personal name Evo and the Celtic word nant together, the designated a stream or valley.

Ever since the first mention known figure in the village was a church that belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne. Since the Middle Ages, the village was part of the rule Grandson. After the Burgundian Wars Yvonand came in 1476 under the administration of the Bailiwick Grandson, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. It made it an exclave on the southern shore and had its own Court. 1531 the Reformation was introduced in place. After the collapse of the ancien régime Yvonand 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 of Yverdon.

Attractions

The Protestant parish church was rebuilt in 1749 and received in 1906 a new tower. From 1959 comes the Catholic Chapel. Another chapel is located in the hamlet Niédens lingerie.