Châtillens

Châtillens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Lavaux-Oron
Municipality :	Oron
Postal code :	1610
former BFS no. :	5783
Coordinates :	552187  /  157 704 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '8 "  N , 6 ° 48' 54"  O ; CH1903:  552187  /  one hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and four
Height :	607  m above sea level M.
Area :	2.11  km²
Residents:	492 (December 31, 2010)
Population density :	233 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.chatillens.ch
View of Châtillens from the Saint-Maurice-et-Pancrace church
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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2011

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

geography

Châtillens is located at 607  m above sea level. M. , one kilometer west of Oron-la-Ville and 15 kilometers east-north-east of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance ). The village extends in the broad valley of the Upper Broye , in the eastern edge of the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.1 km² former municipal area covers a section of the upper Broye valley. The Broye, with its flat valley, forms the eastern border. From here, the former commune extends west over the hill of Châtillens ( 630  m above sea level ) with the Fiaugire forest to the valley of the Grenet stream . To the south-west, the area extends into a side valley of the Grenet on the eastern roof of the Jorat plateau . On the forest height Bois de la Chervette is 711  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Châtillens. In 1997, 7% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 27% for forests and woodlands and 66% for agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Châtillens.

population

With 492 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010) Châtillens is one of the small former municipalities of the canton of Vaud. 92.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.5% German-speaking and 2.5% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Châtillens was 248 in 1850 and 289 in 1900. After a temporary decrease in the population (223 inhabitants in 1950), a significant increase in population has been recorded, especially since 1980.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, Châtillens was predominantly an agricultural village. Today agriculture and livestock farming have only a minor role in the income structure of the population. From 1939 to 1984 there was a weekly cattle market in Châtillens, which has since been held in Oron-la-Ville.

From the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century, coal was mined in the municipality of Châtillens. During the Second World War , dismantling was resumed from 1941 to 1946. During this time up to 250 workers were employed.

A small industrial area has developed near the train station in recent years. Châtillens is the location of the flour mill for the Oron region. There are other jobs in local small businesses and in the service sector, including a company that specializes in information technology. With the construction of single-family houses in the last few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne .

traffic

The former community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Lausanne via Oron-la-Ville to Bulle or Romont . On August 25, 1876, the Moudon-Palézieux railway line with a station in Châtillens was put into operation. Châtillens is also connected to the public transport network through a post bus course that runs from Palézieux via Oron-la-Ville to Mézières .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1141 under the name Castellens . Later, the names Castellins (1142), Chastelens (1218), Chasteleins (1220) and Chastillens (1228) appeared.

In the High Middle Ages, the area around Châtillens belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Maurice . This gave the village and its parish church to the Cistercian Abbey of Haut-Crêt, which was founded after 1134 . Until the secularization of the monastery in 1536, Châtillens belonged to its property. After the conquest of Vaud by Bern , the village came under the rule of Oron, which was converted into a Bernese bailiwick in 1557. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Châtillens 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 1814 that Châtillens separated from Les Tavernes and Essertes and formed an independent political municipality until December 31, 2011.

In 1901 a stone meteorite weighing 705 grams fell near the site and was classified as type L5. After its exact location in the forest of Chervettaz it was registered under the official name Chervettaz.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Oron

Saint-Maurice-et-Pancrace church in Châtillens.

Side view of the church.

The Saint-Maurice-et-Pancrace church is mentioned as early as the end of the 12th century. The current building dates from the 14th and 15th centuries and was built on the site of the previous Romanesque building. Up until the Reformation , the church was the destination of pilgrimages to St. Pancras. Inside there is a capital from the former Haut-Crêt Abbey and richly carved choir stalls from 1621. The Petit Château, a manor house, built in 1797, is a listed building.

Web links

Commons : Châtillens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Châtillens (French)
• Olivier Frédéric Dubuis: Châtillens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chervettaz. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed June 30, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Chervettaz meteorite. mindat.org, accessed June 30, 2020 .