Bullet VD

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

Bullet
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5552
Postal code :	1453 Bullet 1452 Les Rasses
Coordinates :	532.52 thousand  /  187014 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '51 "  N , 6 ° 33' 15"  O ; CH1903:  532,520  /  187014
Height :	1143  m above sea level M.
Height range :	867–1607 m above sea level M.
Area :	16.82  km²
Residents:	655 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bullet.ch
Location of the municipality

Bullet ([ bylɛ ], in the native Franco-Provencal dialect [ (a) byˈlɛ ]) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Bullet is 1143  m above sea level. M. , 8 km northwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (air line). The village extends on the open, south-sloping slope of the Chasseron Jura chain , in a sunny and panoramic location around 700 m above the level of the Swiss plateau . When the weather is clear, Bullet offers an alpine panorama from Mont Blanc to the Säntis region .

The area of ​​the 16.9 km² municipal area includes a section on the southern slope of the Chasseron chain. The community soil extends from the edge above the steep slope Côte de Vugelles to the north over the at around 1200  m above sea level. M. lying front terrace of the Chasseron and the forest slope La Grande Joux up to the ridge of the Chasseron, which is 1607  m above sea level. M. forms the highest point of Bullet. To the southwest of the summit are the Petites Roches ( 1583  m above sea level ) and to the northeast the height of Les Cernets ( 1454  m above sea level ). A small part of the community is located west of the Chasseron in a disposal cauldron that is drained to the Areuse by the Buttes river . To the northeast, the area extends over the front terrace of the Chasseron with the heights of Petit Suard ( 1234  m above sea level ) and Les Coutettes ( 1222  m above sea level ) and also includes the La Combe basin . In this area there are remains of moraines from the Ice Age Rhone glacier . On the wide ridge of the anticlines of the Chasseron there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was in settlements, 46% in forests and woodlands, 49% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

Bullet includes the districts of Les Rasses ( 1188  m above sea level ) on the southern slope of the Petites Roches, Les Cluds ( 1210  m above sea level ) and Les Crosats ( 1206  m above sea level ) and La Frête (also called La Frêtaz ) , 1210  m above sea level ) on the front terrace of the Chasseron as well as numerous individual farms scattered across the Jura heights. The neighboring communities of Bullet are Sainte-Croix , Fiez , Fontaines-sur-Grandson , Grandevent , Novalles , Vugelles-La Mothe and Vuiteboeuf .

Climate table

Bullet VD, 1981-2010
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     110   2 -4     99   2 -4     99   4th -2     91   8th 1     122   13 5     117   16 8th     113   19th 11     117   18th 11     112   14th 7th     124   10 4th     110   5 -1     120   2 -3 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average Monthly Temperatures and Rainfall for Bullet VD, 1981-2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1.6 1.7 4.4 7.9 12.6 16.0 18.5 18.1 14.1 10.4 5.0 2.4 O 9.4 Min. Temperature (° C) −4.2 −4.0 −1.7 1.0 5.2 8.1 10.5 10.5 7.4 4.2 −0.7 −3.2 O 2.8 Temperature (° C) −1.2 −1.2 1.3 4.3 8.7 11.9 14.4 14.1 10.6 7.2 2.2 −0.3 O 6th Precipitation ( mm ) 110 99 99 91 122 117 113 117 112 124 110 120 Σ 1,334 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 3.0 3.5 4.3 4.9 5.3 6.3 7.0 6.4 5.1 3.9 3.0 2.6 O 4.6 Rainy days ( d ) 11.8 10.4 11.7 11.6 13.6 12.2 10.8 10.9 9.6 11.7 11.0 12.0 Σ 137.3 Humidity ( % ) 78 78 77 76 78 77 76 77 82 81 80 79 O 78.2 Source:

Aerial photo (1970)

population

With 655 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Bullet is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 92.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.8% German-speaking and 0.8% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Bullet was 767 in 1860 and 631 in 1900. In particular from 1950 to 1980 (436 inhabitants) there was a strong emigration. An upward trend has been observed again in the last few decades.

economy

For a long time, Bullet was mainly an agricultural village, with cattle and dairy farming still predominant today. Towards the end of the 18th century, the village experienced an economic boom thanks to the watch industry . From the middle of the 19th century until the 20th century, the manufacture of jukeboxes was important.

traffic

The community is located away from the major thoroughfares. The main access is through a junction from the main road from Yverdon to Sainte-Croix . Bullet also has a direct road connection with Sainte-Croix and Mauborget . Bullet is connected to the public transport network through a post bus course to Sainte-Croix.

tourism

After the opening of the Yverdon - Sainte-Croix railway line in 1893, the district of Les Rasses developed into a resort. Tourism only declined after 1930. After numerous holiday homes and apartments have been built since 1960, Les Rasses is now primarily known as a winter sports resort. There are several ski lifts on the slope of the Petites Roches. On the front terrace of the Chasseron, over 95 km of cross-country trails are groomed in winter. The area around the Chasseron is also a popular destination for long hikes in summer.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1323 under the name Buleto . Bullet was part of the Sainte-Croix reign until 1536. Then it belonged to the Bailiwick of Yverdon, which was under Bernese rule, until the end of the Ancien Régime . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime, Bullet belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic, which then became part of the canton of Vaud after mediation . Bullet was assigned to the Grandson district. Numerous houses fell victim to a village fire in 1744.

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Assets in Bullet

The current building of the reformed church dates from 1887. A first chapel is mentioned as early as 1569; In 1663 Bullet became its own parish. The church, which was destroyed in the big fire in the village, was quickly rebuilt, but burned down again in 1886. Some houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the old town center.

Web links

Commons : Bullet VD  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Bullet Municipality
• Community information
• Chantal Lafontant: Bullet. 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 . 
2. ^ Wulf Müller / Florence Cattin / Andres Kristol, Bullet VD (Grandson) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG) , Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 201.
3. ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on August 6, 2018 .