Bioley-Magnoux

Bioley-Magnoux
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5903
Postal code :	1407
Coordinates :	544408  /  175 373 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '38 "  N , 6 ° 42' 41"  O ; CH1903:  544408  /  175 373
Height :	573  m above sea level M.
Height range :	486–717 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.29  km²
Residents:	226 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bioley-magnoux.ch
Bioley-Magnoux
Location of the municipality

Bioley-Magnoux is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The addition of the name Magnoux serves to distinguish it from the municipality of Bioley-Orjulaz .

geography

Bioley-Magnoux is 573  m above sea level. M. , 8 km southeast of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (air line). The street row village extends on a terrace on the eastern slope of the Mentue , in the Molasse hill country of the northern Vaudois Plateau .

The area of ​​the 4.3 km² large municipal area comprises a section of the hill country between the Orbe plain and the Broye . The western part of the area is taken up by the valley of the Mentue and the Sauteru which flows from the west . Bioley-Magnoux stretches in a narrow corner on the western slope of the valley up to the La Cerniaz farm ( 556  m above sea level ). To the east, the municipality extends over the slope and the terrace of Bioley-Magnoux, to the north by the valley of the Les Vernettes brook , to the south by that of the Augine , up to the height in the wooded area Bois de la Faye , where at 715  m above sea level . M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was in settlements, 27% in forests and woodlands, 66% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

A few individual farms belong to Bioley-Magnoux. The neighboring communities of Bioley-Magnoux are in the southwest Oppen , in the northwest Orzen , in the north Donneloye , in the east Montanaire and in the south Ogens .

population

With 226 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Bioley-Magnoux is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 92.9% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.3% German-speaking and 1.2% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Bioley-Magnoux was 268 in 1850 and 293 in 1900. After that, due to strong emigration, a decrease of more than 50% to 143 inhabitants was recorded until 1980; since then the population has increased slightly again.

economy

Bioley-Magnoux still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from agriculture and livestock . Outside the primary sector there are relatively few jobs in the village. From the Middle Ages to the 20th century, several mills, sawmills and tanneries were in operation on the Mentue. Over the past few decades, Bioley-Magnoux has gradually developed into a residential community. Numerous workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

traffic

The community is located away from the major thoroughfares. The main access is from Donneloye . Bioley-Magnoux is connected to the public transport network through a Postbus course that runs from Bercher to Thierrens .

history

The earliest evidence of settlement in the area are graves from the early Middle Ages . The first written mention of the place took place in 1228 under the name Biolai . Later the names Bioley-Magnou and Bioley-Magnoud appeared . Bioley is derived from the French word boulaie (birch grove), Magnoux goes back to the Latin word magnus (large).

Since the Middle Ages, Bioley-Magnoux formed a dominion that was created in 1225 when it was separated from the dominion of Saint-Martin. The lordship was bought by Peter von Savoyen in 1246 and subsequently handed over to the Lords of Bioley as a fief. The lordship experienced numerous changes of ownership over the years; from 1359 to 1608 it belonged to the de Goumoëns family. A small castle town developed around the castle in the 13th century.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Bioley-Magnoux came under the administration of the Landvogtei Yverdon , but formed a castleague with its own court. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic, which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1798 it was assigned to the Yverdon district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bioley-Magnoux

The current church of Bioley-Magnoux was built in 1825 and restored in the 1980s. The core of the castle on a hill above the Mentue dates from the 12th century, but was later rebuilt and restored several times; In 1635 a small watchtower was added. Charles the Bold , Duke of Burgundy, made the castle his quarters before setting out for the battle of Murten in early June 1476 . The keep, which had become dilapidated over time, collapsed in 1890 and was subsequently demolished. A comprehensive restoration was carried out in 1972. Today the castle is privately owned and not open to the public; at the same time it is the seat of the Jonas Foundation. Only a few remains of the fortifications of the former castle town are visible.

Web links

Commons : Bioley-Magnoux  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community information
• Daniel de Raemy: Bioley-Magnoux. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .