Bussigny-sur-Oron

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Lavaux-Oron

Municipality :

Oron

Postal code :

1608

former BFS no. :

5781

Coordinates :

555830 / 157737 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '10 " N , 6 ° 51' 45" O ; CH1903: 555830 / 157737

Height :

768 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.17 km²

Residents:

77 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

66 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2011

Bussigny-sur-Oron was until December 31, 2011 a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . On January 1, 2012, she merged with Oron .

geography

Bussigny-sur-Oron lies at 768 m above sea level. M. , three kilometers east of the town of Oron-la-Ville and 19 km east-northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance ). The scattered settlement community extends on a south exposed slope in the valley of the Mionne , in the eastern edge zone of the Waadtländer Mittelland .

The area of the former municipality area of just 1.2 km² covers a section of the Molasse hill country in the Alpine foothills. The southern part is taken up by the wide valley of the Mionne, which drains the area west to the Broye . To the north, the former municipality extends to the ridge that separates the valleys of Flon and Mionne from each other, and reaches here at 835 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Bussigny-sur-Oron. In 1997, 5% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 15% for forests and woodlands and 80% for agriculture.

Bussigny-sur-Oron has several individual farms.

population

With 77 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010) Bussigny-sur-Oron was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 89.6% of the residents are French-speaking, 7.5% German-speaking and 1.5% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Bussigny-sur-Oron was 58 in 1850 and 83 in 1900. Thereafter, a decrease of around 55% to 38 inhabitants was recorded by 1970 due to strong emigration; since then the population has increased significantly again.

economy

Bussigny-sur-Oron still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from agriculture , fruit growing and cattle breeding . There are no other jobs in the village outside of the primary sector. Due to the falling population, the village school was closed in 1922. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

traffic

The former municipality is located off the main thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from Oron-la-Ville . At certain times of the day, Bussigny-sur-Oron is served by the Postbus course, which runs from Oron-la-Ville to La Verrerie .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1433 under the name Bussignye . The place name goes back to the Gallo-Roman personal name Bussenius . Since it was first mentioned, Bussigny-sur-Oron belonged to the Oron lordship, which had been under the Counts of Gruyères since the 15th century. After the conquest of Vaud by Bern , the Oron dominion was converted into a Bernese bailiff in 1557 and the Reformation was introduced in the village . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Bussigny-sur-Oron 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 Oron district. It was not until 1812 that Bussigny-sur-Oron became an independent political municipality when it was replaced by Oron-le-Châtel .

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Bussigny-sur-Oron - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Community information
Olivier Frédéric Dubuis: Bussigny-sur-Oron. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of the village