Dompierre VD

VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Dompierre .

Dompierre
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Broye-Vully
BFS no. :	5671
Postal code :	1682
Coordinates :	557 494  /  173 165 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '30 "  N , 6 ° 52' 58"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred fifty-seven thousand four hundred ninety-four  /  173 165
Height :	713  m above sea level M.
Height range :	546–799 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.21  km²
Residents:	239 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	74 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.dompierre-vd.ch
Dompierre
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Dompierre is 713  m above sea level. M. , 13 km south of the district capital Payerne (air line). The cluster village extends on a plateau east of the valley of the middle Broye , in the eastern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.2 km² municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse hill country between the Broyetal and the upper Glânetal . The area is drained by the Seyve , a source stream of the Ruisseau de Seigneux , to the Broye. The creek, cut deep into the slope by erosion , forms the northern border in parts. To the west, the municipality extends over the slope gently sloping towards the Broye to the La Crétat hill ( 680  m above sea level ) and into the Grand Bois forest . To the east of the Seyve valley is the Bois de Léchaire forest . On the ridge of the ridge between the Broye and Glâne valleys, at 800  m above sea level. M. in the Bois de Billens reached the highest point of Dompierre. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 23% for forests and woodlands and 71% for agriculture.

The hamlet of Les Granges-de-Dompierre ( 641  m above sea level ) on the upper eastern slope of the Broye and several individual farms belong to Dompierre . Neighboring municipalities of Dompierre are Prévonloup , Lovatens , Curtilles , Seigneux and Villars-Bramard in the canton of Vaud and Romont in the canton of Friborg .

population

With 239 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Dompierre is one of the small municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 93.5% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.5% German-speaking and 1.2% Spanish-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Dompierre was 371 in 1850 and 339 in 1900. Thereafter, a further decrease of almost 50% to 183 inhabitants was recorded by 1980 due to strong emigration; since then the population has increased again slightly.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Dompierre was predominantly an agricultural village. 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. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from Lucens and Romont . Dompierre is connected to the public transport network thanks to the bus routes that run from Payerne and Lucens to Romont.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1228 under the name Donperro , but the village probably existed a few centuries earlier. The place name is derived from the Latin word dominus (lord, owner) and the name Pierre (Peter). Another Latin name for the village is Templum Petri .

Dompierre was owned by the Bishop of Lausanne , who gave tithe to the Lausanne Cathedral Chapter. From the 13th to the 15th century, a local noble family is known who took the name de Dompierre. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Dompierre 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

There was a church in Dompierre since the 12th century, but possibly even earlier. The present church was built on the site of the medieval building in 1839, while the rectory dates from 1752. In the old town center some typical farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.

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. 296–302, ISBN 978-3-03797-180-2 .

Web links

Commons : Dompierre VD  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Chavannes-le-Chêne (French)
• Valérie Favez: Dompierre (VD). 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 .