Brenles

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Brenles
Brenles Coat of Arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud (VD)
District : Broye-Vully
Municipality : Lucensi2
Postal code : 1683
former BFS no. : 5662
Coordinates : 555 254  /  169 043 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '16 "  N , 6 ° 51' 14"  O ; CH1903:  555254  /  one hundred and sixty-nine thousand and forty-three
Height : 765  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.85  km²
Residents: 144 (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 37 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.lucens.ch
Brenles

Brenles

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Brenles (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

Until December 31, 2016, Brenles was a municipality in the Broye-Vully district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . On January 1, 2017, Brenles merged with the former municipalities of Chesalles-sur-Moudon , Cremin , Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens to form the new municipality of Lucens .

geography

Brenles is 765  m above sea level. M. , 18 km southwest of the district capital Payerne (air line). The street line village extends on the western slope of the Ruisseau des Vaux stream , east of the Broye , in the Molasse hill country of the eastern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​3.9 km² covers a section of the hill country between the Broyetal and the upper reaches of the Glâne . The area is occupied by the valley of the Ruisseau des Vaux , which in the west from the height of Brûle Fer (at 848  m above sea level the highest point of Brenles), to the east by the Bois Giquet and the height of Les Dailles (up to 820  m above sea level ) is limited. To the east, the municipality extends to the plateau of the Montagne de Brenles ( 830  m above sea level ). In the very south, Brenles extends into the headwaters of the Ruisseau des Vaux. In 1997, 3% of the municipal area was in settlements, 30% in forests and woodlands, 66% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Brenles has numerous individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Brenles are Lovatens , Sarzens , Chesalles-sur-Moudon and Chavannes-sur-Moudon in the canton of Vaud and Ursy , Siviriez and Billens-Hennens in the canton of Friborg .

population

With 144 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015) Brenles was one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 91.4% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.1% German-speaking and 1.2% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Brenles was 232 in 1850 and 234 in 1900. After that, due to strong emigration, a decrease of almost 50% to 123 inhabitants was recorded until 1980; since then the population has increased slightly again.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Brenles was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. The French-speaking Swiss school for guide dogs has been located in Brenles since 1994 (Fondation école romande pour chiens-guides d'aveugles). In 2004 the new multi-purpose hall was opened in Brenles, which also serves the neighboring communities of Chesalles-sur-Moudon and Sarzens. 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.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares on a connecting road from Moudon to Siviriez . Brenles is connected to the public transport network through a postbus course that runs from Moudon to Lucens .

history

The remains of a Roman manor have been found in the municipality of Brenles . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1247 under its current name. In the Middle Ages , Brenles belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne before it came under the influence of Savoy at the beginning of the 15th century .

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Brenles came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . On the Montagne de Brenles there was a mill and a sawmill in the 18th century, which were operated through a specially constructed water channel (partly underground). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Brenles 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 Moudon district.

Attractions

Brenles Church dates from 1740 and the bell tower was added around 1840. Some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the village.

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