Correvon

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Gros-de-Vaud

Municipality :

Montanaire

Postal code :

1410

former BFS no. :

5667

Coordinates :

546 371 / 174089 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '57 " N , 6 ° 44' 14" O ; CH1903: 546 371 / 174089

Height :

752 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.24 km²

Residents:

108 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

48 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012

Correvon was until December 31, 2012 a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities of Chanéaz , Chapelle-sur-Moudon , Denezy , Martherenges , Neyruz-sur-Moudon , Peyres-Possens , Saint-Cierges and Thierrens to form the new municipality of Montanaire .

geography

Correvon is located at 752 m above sea level. M. , 24 km northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The small clustered village extends on the edge of a plateau east of the Mentue valley , in the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of the 2.2 km² former municipal area covers a section of the Molasse hill country between the Mentuetal and the central Broyetal . Most of the area is occupied by the high plateau, which is at an average altitude of 760 m above sea level. M. lies. To the northeast, the former municipality extends into the forests of Grand Bois , in which at 800 m above sea level. M. the highest point is reached by Correvon, and Bois de la Rigne . There is a swamp area in the depression between these two forests. In the south of the village the area extends into the valley of the Augine , in the northwest into that of the Les Vernettes brook , both right side brooks of the Mentue. In 1997, 4% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 15% for forests and woodlands and 81% for agriculture.

Correvon has several individual farms. The neighboring communities of Correvon were Chanéaz , Bioley-Magnoux , Ogens and Thierrens in the canton of Vaud and Vuissens in the canton of Friborg .

population

With 108 inhabitants (as of the end of 2012) Correvon was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 95.5% of the residents are French-speaking and 4.5% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Correvon was 156 inhabitants in 1850 and 137 in 1900. Thereafter, a further decrease to 71 inhabitants was recorded by 1970; since then the population has increased slightly again.

economy

Correvon still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from agriculture , fruit growing and cattle breeding . There are very few jobs outside the primary sector. The steady decline in population led to the closure of the village school in 1945, and the post office was also closed in 1974. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

traffic

The former municipality is located off the main thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from the main road from Yverdon-les-Bains via Thierrens to Moudon . Correvon is connected to the public transport network through the Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Thierrens.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1166 under the name Corevont . Later the names Corevone (1169), Corevunt , Correvolt (1182), Corovont (1247) and Correvont (1453) appeared. The place name is probably derived from Curtis Reudeboldi (court of Reudebold).

In the Middle Ages Correvon first belonged to the lords of Saint-Martin-du-Chêne, then to the lordship of Bioley-Magnoux. After the village had formed its own small lordship in the 16th and 17th centuries, it came into the possession of the wealthy de Loys de Marnand family in 1690. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Correvon came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village 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 Correvon was first assigned to the Yverdon district, in 1803 it came to the Moudon district.

Attractions

The core of the Sainte-Marguerite church dates back to the Middle Ages; it was first mentioned in 1228. The parts of the old chapel, renovated in 1903, were incorporated into the new church as a choir. Some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the village.

Web links

Commons : Correvon - collection of images, videos and audio files

Community information
Philippe Heubi: Correvon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of the village