Corcelles-le-Jorat

Corcelles-le-Jorat
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Broye-Vully
BFS no. :	5785
Postal code :	1082
Coordinates :	546 581  /  161920 coordinates: 46 ° 36 '23 "  N , 6 ° 44' 29"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred forty-six thousand five hundred eighty-one  /  161920
Height :	786  m above sea level M.
Height range :	729–927 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.94  km²
Residents:	442 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	56 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.corcelles-le-jorat.ch
Corcelles-le-Jorat
Location of the municipality

Corcelles-le-Jorat is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Corcelles-le-Jorat is 786  m above sea level. M. , 28 km southwest of the district capital Payerne (air line). The clustered village extends in a hollow of the village stream Ruisseau de Corcelles , on the eastern roof of the high plateau of the Jorat , in the Vaudois Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 7.9 km² large municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse heights between the Jorat and the upper reaches of the Broye . The area is traversed by two source streams running almost parallel to the northeast, which merge below the village to the Ruisseau de Corcelles. To the west, the municipality extends up the slope to the extensive forest heights of the Jorat, including Esserts Clopets ( 919  m above sea level ), Bois Faucon and Bois Vuacoz (at 927  m above sea level the highest point of Corcelles-le- Jorat). In the far west, the area extends to the Corbassière stream , the source stream of the Mentue . In the south the area is bounded by the Cerjuz brook . In 1997, 5% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 42% for forests and trees and 53% for agriculture.

Corcelles-le-Jorat includes the farm settlements Riau-Graubon ( 861  m above sea level ), Les Chênes ( 885  m above sea level ) and Chez les Porchet ( 835  m above sea level ), all on the eastern slope of the Jorat, as well as numerous individual farms. The neighboring communities of Corcelles-le-Jorat are Ropraz , Montpreveyres , Froideville , Jorat-Menthue and Hermenches .

population

With 442 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Corcelles-le-Jorat is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 92.0% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.1% German-speaking and 1.7% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Corcelles-le-Jorat was 572 in 1850 and 535 in 1900. After that, a decrease to 353 inhabitants was recorded due to strong emigration by 1980; since then the population has increased again slightly.

economy

Corcelles-le-Jorat was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, have agriculture and livestock an important role in the employment structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Corcelles-le-Jorat is the location of a mill and collection center for fodder. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in Lausanne and Moudon .

traffic

The community is well developed in terms of traffic, although it is away from major thoroughfares. It has a good connection to Hauptstrasse 1 ( Lausanne - Bern ). The village is connected to the public transport network by bus route 62 of the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise , which runs from Lausanne to Moudon . There is also a line from Corcelles-le-Jorat to Ropraz .

history

Finds of coins and urns from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD prove an early settlement of the municipality of Corcelles-le-Jorat. The first written mention of the place took place in 1140 under the name Corceleys . The names Corselles près le Jorat (in the 17th and 18th centuries), Corselles és Jurats (1772), Corselles le Jurat (1776) appeared later ; The current name has only been passed down since 1803. The place name is derived from the Latin word corticella (small courtyard).

The area around Corcelles-le-Jorat was probably reclaimed by the monks of the Haut-Crêt Abbey . In the 12th century, the Bishop of Lausanne gave the village to a noble family, who from then on called themselves de Corcelles. In the following time there were numerous changes of ownership. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Corcelles-le-Jorat 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.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Corcelles-le-Jorat

A first chapel dedicated to Saint John the Baptist was built in 1484. A new church was built in another location in 1725 and has since been changed and expanded several times. A 17th century castle was rebuilt in 1769–71. The Château des Jaunins was built in the 19th century.

literature

• Monique Fontannaz, Brigitte Pradervand: Le district de la Broye-Vully 1. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 128). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 2015, pp. 63–70, ISBN 978-3-03797-180-2 .

Web links

Commons : Corcelles-le-Jorat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

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 .