Chesalles-sur-Oron

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Lavaux-Oron

Municipality :

Oron

Postal code :

1608

former BFS no. :

5784

Coordinates :

555090 / 158545 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '36 " N , 6 ° 51' 10" O ; CH1903: 555090 / 158545

Height :

787 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.00 km²

Residents:

189 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

95 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2011

Chesalles-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

Chesalles-sur-Oron is 787 m above sea level. M. , two kilometers east-northeast of the town of Oron-la-Ville and 19 kilometers east-northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance ). The small farming village extends on the wide terrace of a ridge east of the upper Broye , on the eastern edge of the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of the 2.0 km² former municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse hill country in the Alpine foothills. The central part of the area is taken up by the broad, slowly westward sloping ridge of Chesalles-sur-Oron, on the east of the village at 850 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the former municipality is reached. To the north, the former municipality extends to the course of the Flon , to the south into the Bois de l'Erberey forest and to the course of the Mionne . These streams drain the former municipal area from Chesalles-sur-Oron to the Broye. In 1997, 10% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 17% for forests and woodlands and 73% for agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Chesalles-sur-Oron.

population

With 189 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010), Chesalles-sur-Oron is one of the smallest former municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 95.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.1% German-speaking and 0.7% speak Dutch (as of 2000). The population of Chesalles-sur-Oron was 198 inhabitants in 1850 and 175 in 1900. After that, a decrease to 121 inhabitants was recorded due to strong emigration by 1980; since then the population has increased again slightly.

economy

Chesalles-sur-Oron was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have an important place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and Vevey .

traffic

The former municipality is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Lausanne via Oron-la-Ville to Bulle . Chesalles-sur-Oron is connected to the public transport network by a postbus course that runs from Oron-la-Ville to La Verrerie .

history

The former municipality of Chesalles-sur-Oron was settled as early as the Bronze Age, which is proven by the discovery of a skeleton grave with rich additions. The first written mention of the place took place around 1150 under the names Caselles and Chaselles . The old French word chesal describes the ruins of a building.

In the Middle Ages , Chesalles-sur-Oron was a small domain of its own. In 1330 Perrod von Ferlens sold the village and its possessions to the Bishop of Lausanne and received it back from him as a fief. As a result, Chesalles-sur-Oron belonged to the Oron rule and shared their fortunes. After the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1557, this was converted into a Bernese bailiwick. The Bernese united the village with Oron-le-Châtel. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Chesalles-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 Chesalles-sur-Oron broke away from Oron-le-Châtel and formed an independent political municipality until December 31, 2011.

Attractions

Web links

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

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