Donneloye

Donneloye
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5913
Postal code :	1407
Coordinates :	544 808  /  177 346 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '42 "  N , 6 ° 42' 59"  O ; CH1903:  544 808  /  177346
Height :	540  m above sea level M.
Height range :	450–736 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.01  km²
Residents:	808 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.donneloye.ch
Donneloye
Location of the municipality

Donneloye (dt. Outdated: Niderleuwen or Niderlöwen ) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . On January 1, 2008, Donneloye merged with Gossens and Mézery-près-Donneloye to form the new municipality of Donneloye, which was also joined on January 1, 2012 by the previous municipality of Prahins .

geography

Aerial photo (1964)

Donneloye is 540  m above sea level. M. , 7 km east-southeast of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (linear distance). The clustered village extends over a terrace on the eastern slope of the Mentue valley , in the Molasse hills of the northern Vaudois Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.7 km² large municipality covers a section of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal . The municipality extends from the Mentue eastward over the valley low and the terrace of Donneloye on the right valley slope to the adjacent heights below Mézery-près-Donneloye. On the slope of La Coudre is 630  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. In the south, the valley of the Les Vernettes brook, which is deepened in the molasse layers , forms the border in sections. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was in settlements, 35% in forests and woodlands, 58% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Some individual farms belong to Donneloye. The neighboring municipalities of Donneloye are Yvonand in the north, Molondin in the north-east, Démoret in the east, Montanaire in the south-east, Bioley-Magnoux in the south, Orzen in the south-west and Cronay in the west .

population

With 808 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Donneloye is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 93.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.8% German-speaking and 1.3% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Donneloye was 282 in 1850 and 382 in 1900. Thereafter, due to strong emigration, a decrease to 245 inhabitants was recorded by 1970; since then a slight population increase has been registered again.

economy

Until the 20th century, Donneloye 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. During the 19th century in particular, Donneloye was the location of several handicraft businesses, including a mill, a sawmill, a wool spinning mill and a metalworking company. Today mechanical engineering and precision mechanics are represented in the village. In the past few decades, Donneloye has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road from Yverdon to Moudon , which is crossed here by the Yvonand - Bercher road. Donneloye is connected to the public transport network by a post bus course that runs from Yverdon to Thierrens .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in the 12th century under the name Donna Lui . Numerous other spellings appeared later: Donelui (1142), Donnolui (1150), Domnolui (1157), Donneluy and Donneloia (1174), Domnelaia and Donnelue (1177), Doneliua (1214), Donnellue (1228), Donnaluy and Dogne Eluye ( 1230), Domnoloia and finally Dompneloye (1423). The place name goes back to St. Lucia, who lived in Syrakusa.

Old coat of arms of Donneloye

Donneloye had been its own rule since the 12th century; the lords of Donneloye originally came from the de Goumoëns family. After the dynasty von Donneloye died out, the rule was divided among different families and subsequently experienced numerous changes of ownership until the Loys-Villardin family brought almost all of the former rule back into their possession in 1652. In 1711 she sold her property to Bern.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Donneloye came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon and from then on became the seat of a castlane court. 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 Yverdon district.

At the same time as the municipality merged, the new overall municipality of Donneloye received a new coat of arms.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Donneloye

The Notre-Dame church was built in the 12th century, and extensive renovations took place in 1664. The current church with its tall, slim steeple dates from 1903 and has only taken over the portal and pulpit and a bell from 1496 from the previous building. The rectory was built in 1712 and the schoolhouse in 1893. The castle of Donneloye to the south of the church, seat of the de Loys-Villardin family, dates from the 15th century and has a round tower in the garden, which was probably used as a dovecote.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Donneloye (French)
• Philippe Heubi: Donneloye. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village
• Donneloye Castle

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. ↑ donneloye.ch: Histoire de Donneloye ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 17, 2012