Cheseaux-Noréaz

Cheseaux-Noréaz
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5909
Postal code :	1400
Coordinates :	541794  /  181 760 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '4 "  N , 6 ° 40' 35"  O ; CH1903:  541794  /  one hundred and eighty-one thousand seven hundred sixty
Height :	500  m above sea level M.
Height range :	429–616 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.90  km²
Residents:	718 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.cheseaux-noreaz.ch
Champ-Pittet Castle
Location of the municipality

Cheseaux-Noréaz is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Cheseaux-Noréaz is 3 km east of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The hamlet of Cheseaux extends on a terrace above the southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel , while Noréaz is located on the northern slope of Montéla in a panoramic position around 100 m above lake level.

The area of ​​the 6.1 km² municipal area includes a section on the south bank of Lake Neuchâtel. The communal soil extends southward from the lakeshore over a wide strip of reed bank and a steep slope to the terrace of Cheseaux-Noréaz. In the very south, the area includes the forest-covered slope of the Montéla, on which at 616  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Cheseaux-Noréaz is reached. In the eastern part of the municipality is the extensive Bois Clos forest on the foothills of the Montéla, which is bordered by the course of the Ruisseau de l'Epena . In 1997, 10% of the community area was settled, 52% forest and woodland, 27% agriculture and around 11% was unproductive land, including the extensive reed area along the entire shores of Lake Neuchâtel belonging to the community.

Cheseaux-Noréaz consists of the two hamlets of Cheseaux and Noréaz. In between, a larger single-family house quarter has developed, which is seamlessly connected to the settlement area of ​​the city of Yverdon-les-Bains. Furthermore, some individual farms belong to the community. Neighboring municipalities to Cheseaux-Noréaz are Yverdon-les-Bains , Cuarny , Villars-Epeney and Yvonand .

population

With 718 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Cheseaux-Noréaz is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 92.4% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.1% German-speaking and 0.8% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Cheseaux-Noréaz was 156 in 1850 and 132 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 98 people by 1960, a rapid population increase was recorded with a fivefold increase in the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

economy

Cheseaux-Noréaz was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Today agriculture and animal husbandry have only a subordinate role in the income structure of the population. There are other jobs in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. The CESSNOV (Center d'enseignement secondaire supérieur du Nord vaudois), which opened in 1975, is located in the municipality, a large school center for the city of Yverdon designed for around 1000 pupils.

In 1984, the then Swiss Confederation for Nature Conservation (now Pro Natura ) bought the La Grande Cariçaie reed and marshland along Lake Neuchâtel and the nearby Champ-Pittet Castle. An information center for nature conservation was opened there in 1985, and Pro Natura has been based in French-speaking Switzerland since 1991 in Champ-Pittet. A small observation tower was built in the reed area for bird watching.

In the last few decades Cheseaux-Noréaz has developed into a residential community on the outskirts of the city of Yverdon. Many people in employment are therefore commuters who work primarily in the district capital.

traffic

The community is well developed in terms of traffic, although it is located away from the through streets. The Yverdon-Sud motorway junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 is around 4 km from the town center. Thanks to the school center, Cheseaux-Noréaz has a bus connection with a tight schedule to Yverdon train station .

history

Cheseaux was first mentioned in 1174 under the name Chesaut , later the name Chesaulx also appeared . The old French word chesal describes the ruins of a building. Noréaz is first mentioned in 1177 as Nobraia , derived from the old French word noier (walnut).

Cheseaux and Noréaz have belonged to the Belmont rule since the Middle Ages . The Vautravers priory and, since the end of the 12th century, the Montheron Abbey also had basic rights in the municipality. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Cheseaux and Noréaz came under the administration of the Landvogtei Yverdon . Because Cheseaux consisted of only three estates in 1764 and the neighboring municipality of Noréaz refused to become independent, the two hamlets merged in 1765. From 1789 to 1798 Cheseaux-Noréaz was placed under the direct administration of Bern. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the municipality 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 Yverdon district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Cheseaux-Noréaz

Champ-Pittet

• Cheseaux-Noréaz does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Yverdon.
• The Champ-Pittet manor was built in the classicism style in 1789-1791 , commissioned by Frederick Haldimand . Today it houses a Pro Natura nature conservation center .

Web links

Commons : Cheseaux-Noréaz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Cheseaux-Noréaz (French)
• Philippe Heubi: Cheseaux-Noréaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village and its surroundings

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. ^ Anne Du Pasquier, Monique Fontannaz: The estate of Champ-Pittet in Cheseaux-Noréaz VD. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 367). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1985, ISBN 978-3-85782-367-1 .