Bellerive VD

VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Bellerive .

Bellerive

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Broye-Vully

Municipality :

Vully-les-Lacs

Postal code :

1585

former BFS no. :

5452

Coordinates :

568369 / 197 092 coordinates: 46 ° 55 '27 " N , 7 ° 1' 24" O ; CH1903: 568369 / one hundred ninety-seven thousand and ninety-two

Height :

533 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.25 km²

Residents:

632 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

281 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.vully-les-lacs.ch

Aerial view of Bellerive

map

Parish before the merger on June 30, 2011

Bellerive (VD) was a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

The merger of Bellerive with Chabrey , Constantine , Montmagny , Mur (VD) , Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand to form the municipality of Vully-les-Lacs was implemented on July 1, 2011.

geography

Bellerive lies at 533 m above sea level. M. , 12.5 km northeast of the district capital Payerne (linear distance). The farming village extends on a terrace on the southern slope of the ridge between Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Murten , in a panoramic position around 100 m above the Broye plain and the lake level of Lake Murten, in the Swiss plateau .

The area of the community area of 2.3 km² covers a section west of the Murtensee. The community soil extends from the lakeshore on both sides of the mouth of the Broye westward into the Broye plain and north-west onto the ridge (foothills of Mont Vully ), which slopes down to the plain and the lake. At the height of Bas de l'Asse is 575 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Bellerive. The western boundary of the area is formed by an erosion valley deepened in the Molasse ridge. In 1997, 22% of the municipal area was in settlements, 10% in forests and woodlands, 64% in agriculture and a little less than 4% was unproductive land.

Bellerive includes the main part of the village of Salavaux ( 436 m above sea level ) on the northern edge of the Broye plain and the hamlets of Cotterd ( 481 m above sea level ) on a terrace on the southern slope of the ridge and Vallamand-Dessous ( 433 m above sea level). ) on the west bank of Lake Murten. Neighboring municipalities to Bellerive were Constantine , Montmagny , Cudrefin and Vallamand .

population

With 632 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010), Bellerive was one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the residents, 67.1% are French-speaking, 28.2% German-speaking and 2.7% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Bellerive was 402 in 1850 and 487 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 412 in 1970, a significant increase in population has since been registered again.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Bellerive was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, the have farming and fruit growing an important role in the employment structure of the population. There is an extensive wine-growing area on the southern slope below the village . Further jobs are available in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. Bellerive is the location of a retirement and nursing home. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns. South of the Broye, near the shore of Lake Murten, there is a large holiday home area with around 200 chalets.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic, although it is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Avenches to Cudrefin . The Avenches motorway junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Bern) is around 7 km from the town center. The Postbus course, which runs from Avenches to Cudrefin, connects Bellerive and its districts to the public transport network.

history

The municipality of Bellerive was settled very early. The earliest evidence is the remains of Bronze Age settlements on the edge of the shore on Lake Murten near Vallamand-Dessous. The first written mention of the place took place in 1228 under the name Balariva . Later the Latinized names Pulchra ripa (1240) and Bellariva (1299) appeared. The place name is made up of the French words beau, belle (beautiful) and rive (bank).

Since the Middle Ages , Bellerive formed its own small lordship, which was closely linked to the Grandcour lordship until the beginning of the 18th century . It was subordinate to the Lords of Grandson in the 14th century and came under the influence of the House of Savoy in 1397 . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Avenches . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Bellerive was annexed to the canton of Friborg during the Helvetic Republic in 1798 . When the Mediation Constitution came into force in 1803, the village, together with what is now the Avenches district, was reassigned to the Canton of Vaud as an exclave. Until 1811, Bellerive formed a large community with the neighboring villages of Constantine and Montmagny. In 2005 a preliminary study was carried out for the merger of Bellerive with Constantine, Montmagny and Vallamand to form the municipality of Vully-les-Lacs .

Attractions

Bellerive and Cotterd have characteristic farm and wine farms from the 17th to 19th centuries. The parish church of Saint-Séverin is in Cotterd. The core of it goes back to a medieval building, but was rebuilt in 1702; the rectory dates from 1752.

The Salavaux Castle is just outside the municipal boundary on Constantine soil. It was originally built in the 13th century and still has a round tower from the time it was founded. Most of the residential buildings date from the 19th century. The castle, which has been the seat of the Lords of Bellerive since its construction at the beginning of the 18th century, is in Vallamand-Dessous.

Web links

Commons : Bellerive - collection of images, videos and audio files

Gilbert Marion: Bellerive (VD). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of Salavaux
Château de Vallamand (French)