Bread lingerie

Bread lingerie
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
District :	No district division
Municipality :	Rochefort
Postal code :	2149
former BFS no. :	6405
Coordinates :	547 479  /  200884 coordinates: 46 ° 57 '25 "  N , 6 ° 44' 55"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred forty-seven thousand four hundred and seventy-nine  /  200884
Height :	857  m above sea level M.
Area :	4.95  km²
Residents:	103 (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2016

Until December 31, 2015, Brot-Dessous was a political municipality in the Boudry district of the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland . On January 1, 2016, it merged with Rochefort .

geography

Bread lingerie is at 857  m above sea level. M. , 15 km west-southwest of the canton capital Neuchâtel (linear distance). The village extends on a promontory on the southern slope of the Solmon, around 200 m above the Areuse , which here forms a deep breakthrough valley through the foremost Jura range .

The area of 5.0 square kilometers former large municipal area includes the northern side of the valley of the Gorges de l'Areuse that here the passage of millions of years by erosion a 600 m deep valley between the heights of Soliat (with the rock Arena Creux du Van ) and Solmon has created. The southern border forms the Areuse, which flows partly like a torrent with the Saut de Brot waterfall , partly with slightly flatter banks through the valley. To the north, the area stretches up the steep slope, which is criss-crossed with rock walls in some places, but mostly has thick forest ( Forêt de Fretereules ). The northern border runs on the ridge of the Solmon, on which at 1263  m above sea level. M. the highest point of bread lingerie is reached. The western boundary is in the area of ​​the narrow point of the Clusette , which forms the entrance to the Val de Travers . In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was in settlements, 81% in forests and woodlands, 13% in agriculture and around 1% was unproductive land.

Bread-lingerie includes the hamlets of Fretereules ( 844  m above sea level ) and Champ-du-Moulin-Dessus ( 701  m above sea level ) on the southern slope of the Solmon, the houses of Champ-du-Moulin on the left of the Areuse Dessous ( 617  m above sea level ) as well as some individual courtyards. Neighboring communities of Brot-Dessous were Rochefort , Boudry , Val-de-Travers and Brot-Plamboz .

population

With 103 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015), Brot-Dessous was one of the smallest communities in the canton of Neuchâtel. 90.5% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.3% German-speaking and 2.1% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of bread lingerie rose to 343 by 1900, but has since decreased by more than two thirds due to strong emigration.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 33.6%, SP 18.6%, GPS 12.1%, PdA 9.3%, CVP 6.4%, FDP 5.7%, BDP 5.7 %, glp 5.0%, list you vote blanc 3.6%.

economy

For a long time, the residents of bread lingerie lived mainly from agriculture . The economic situation improved somewhat with the construction of an electricity station and the Les Moyats hydropower station on the Areuse. From 1900 to 1935 limestone was mined west of Brot-Dessous for the cement works in Le Furcil (Noiraigue). Some workers are commuters who work in the Neuchâtel region.

traffic

Champ-du-Moulin train station

The former municipality is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Neuchâtel into the Val de Travers and across the border crossing from Les Verrières to Pontarlier in France . On July 25, 1860, the Auvernier - Les Verrières line was inaugurated with a station in Champ-du-Moulin. The railway line passes through the Areuse valley with numerous tunnels.

history

The place name Broch is mentioned for the first time in 998 in the founding document of the Priory of Bevaix . It is probably due to the old French word broc ( rock spur ). Bread-Dessous, together with Bread-Dessus, formed the community of Bread , which belonged to the Boudry domain in the Middle Ages . In the early 14th century this came to the county of Neuchâtel. From 1648 Neuchâtel was a principality and from 1707 it was linked to the Kingdom of Prussia through personal union. In 1806 the area was ceded to Napoleon I and came to the Swiss Confederation in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , whereby the kings of Prussia until the Neuchâtel trade in 1857 also remained princes of Neuchâtel.

From 1524 to 1730 bread belonged to the municipality of Rochefort. From 1848 it belonged to the Boudry district . In 1888, the parts of the municipality of Brot located in the Vallée des Ponts dissolved and merged with Plamboz to form the new municipality of Brot-Plamboz . Bread-Lingerie has since formed its own community.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rochefort

A chapel built in 1845 stands in bread lingerie. The place has belonged to the Rochefort parish since 1861.

Web links

Commons : Bread Lingerie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christine Müller: Bread Lingerie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election du Conseil National du October 18, 2015, Résultats des partis - Les suffrages. (aspx) (No longer available online.) Chancellerie d'État neuchâtelois, October 18, 2015, archived from the original on November 1, 2015 ; Retrieved October 30, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.