Curtilles

Curtilles
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Broye-Vully
BFS no. :	5669
Postal code :	1521
Coordinates :	554.79 thousand  /  172351 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '3 "  N , 6 ° 50' 51"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred fifty-four thousand seven hundred ninety  /  172351
Height :	516  m above sea level M.
Height range :	485–698 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.96  km²
Residents:	313 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.curtilles.ch
Curtilles
Location of the municipality

Curtilles is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1964)

Curtilles lies at 516  m above sea level. M. , 15 km southwest of the district capital Payerne (air line). The former street-line village extends on the eastern edge of the Broye valley , opposite Lucens , along the Ruisseau des Vaux brook , which flows into the valley here, in the eastern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 4.9 km² municipal area comprises a section on the eastern slope of the middle Broye. The elongated area is bounded in parts by the Broye in the west and extends into the valley of the Ruisseau des Vaux. In the eastern and south-eastern parts of the municipality, the soil includes the slope of the Molasse hill country between Broye and Glâne , which slopes towards Broye . At the height of Sarzens is 700  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Curtilles; The hill La Crétat is also 680  m above sea level. M. almost the same height. In the northeast of the area is the Tassonneire forest . In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was settled, 15% forest and woodland, 78% agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Curtilles includes the farm settlements Les Bioles ( 550  m above sea level ) and Pâquis ( 553  m above sea level ), each on terraces above the village, Prévondens ( 512  m above sea level ) on the eastern edge of the Broye valley and several individual farms . Curtilles neighboring communities are Lucens , Seigneux , Dompierre and Moudon .

population

With 313 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Curtilles is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 94.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.3% German-speaking and 0.7% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Curtilles was 428 in 1850 and 386 in 1900. After that, a further decrease to 238 inhabitants was recorded by 1970 due to strong emigration; since then the population has increased slightly again.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Curtilles was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. A new commercial zone is to be created in the near future near the main road through the Broyetal. Curtilles is the location of an equestrian center. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in neighboring Lucens, but also in Moudon.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located just off the main road from Payerne via Moudon to Lausanne on a road from Lucens to Romont . The community is connected to the public transport network by a post bus line from Moudon via Lucens to Romont, which only runs twice in the morning and in the evening on weekdays. Lucens train station on the Payerne-Moudon railway line is only around 1 km from the town center.

history

Curtilles can look back on a very long history of settlement. The earliest evidence of human activity in the municipality comes from the Bronze Age . In Roman times there was a manor here, and a milestone from this period has been preserved.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 852 under the name Curtilia ; In 1228 the name Curtilli appeared . The place name is derived from the Latin word curtilis , meaning small courtyard .

Curtilles has belonged to the possessions of the Bishop of Lausanne since it was first mentioned and has twice been the venue for a synod . On the orders of the bishops, a castle was built near Curtilles and the village expanded into a small market town, protected by a curtain wall. In the 11th and 12th centuries Curtilles was therefore the most important place in the middle Broyetal. The decline began with a conflagration towards the end of the 12th century and the rebuilding of the place elsewhere. In the 13th century the episcopal residence was relocated to Lucens Castle.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Curtilles came under the administration of the Moudon bailiwick . 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 it was assigned to the Moudon district.

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Assets in Curtilles

The reformed saddle church Notre-Dame, which was founded in the 11th century, is an important cultural monument of Curtilles . Today's building goes back to the new construction around 1230, while the rectangular choir part was built later, in the late Gothic style of the 16th century. The church contains wall and stained glass from the 14th and 15th centuries. The church tower is designed as an espadaña .

Only a hill in the northern part of the village remains of the former episcopal castle. Today's Castle of Curtilles is a late Gothic mansion that was built from 1587 to 1589. It has largely been preserved in its original state of construction.

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. 277–296, ISBN 978-3-03797-180-2 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Curtilles (French)
• Valérie Favez: Curtilles. 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 .