Essertines-sur-Yverdon

Essertines-sur-Yverdon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5520
Postal code :	1417
Coordinates :	538 748  /  174317 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '2 "  N , 6 ° 38' 15"  O ; CH1903:  538 748  /  174317
Height :	600  m above sea level M.
Height range :	457–698 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.76  km²
Residents:	1023 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.essertines-sur-yverdon.ch
Former parish hall
Location of the municipality

Essertines-sur-Yverdon is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Essertines-sur-Yverdon is 600  m above sea level. M. , 22 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The clustered village extends on a terrace on the eastern slope of the Buron valley , in the northern Gros de Vaud , in the Vaudois Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 9.8 km² municipal area covers a section of the Vaud Central Plateau. The main part of the communal soil comprises the gently sloping western slope of the wide ridge of the Grand Bois d'Essertines between the valleys of the Buron in the west and the Mentue in the east, which is divided into several terraces . The highest point of Essertines-sur-Yverdon is 695  m above sea level. M. in this vast wooded area. In the west, the winding course of the Buron, which has created a valley in the molasse layers , forms the natural border. In the extreme southwest, a small part of the municipality is located west of the Buron and extends to the edge of the forest of the Bois de Suchy (up to 598  m above sea level ). In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 26% for forests and woodlands and 68% for agriculture.

Essertines-sur-Yverdon includes the hamlets of Epautheyres ( 518  m above sea level ) north of the village, Nonfoux ( 671  m above sea level ) on the western edge of the Grand Bois d'Essertines above the village, La Robellaz ( 582  m above sea level). M. ) on the western slope of the Buron valley and a few individual farms. The neighboring municipalities of Essertines-sur-Yverdon are in the south-west Pailly , in the south Vuarren , in the south-east Chavornay , in the east Suchy , in the north-east Belmont-sur-Yverdon , in the north-north-west Yverdon-les-Bains , in the north-north-east Valeyres-sous-Ursins , in Northeast Ursin and in the east Orzen .

population

With 1023 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Essertines-sur-Yverdon is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 94.4% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.1% German-speaking and 0.5% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Essertines-sur-Yverdon was 648 in 1850 and 672 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 451 people by 1970, a significant increase in population was observed again.

economy

Essertines-sur-Yverdon was mainly an agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Several small and medium-sized companies as well as the service sector offer additional jobs. Today in Essertines-sur-Yverdon there are transport, information technology and printing companies. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Yverdon area.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road 5 from Lausanne via Echallens to Yverdon-les-Bains . The motorway connections Chavornay and Yverdon-Sud on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 are each around 5 km from the town center. Essertines-sur-Yverdon is connected to the public transport network by a postbus course that runs from Yverdon to Echallens.

history

The municipality of Essertines-sur-Yverdon was settled early on, which has been confirmed by finds of remains from early history and a settlement from Roman times . There are also grave fields from the early Middle Ages . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1180 under the current name of Essertines . The place name is derived from exsartum , the past participle of the late Latin word exsarire (to clear , to make arable ).

Essertines-sur-Yverdon has belonged to the cathedral chapter of Lausanne since the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon . During the Bernese period it was raised to a castleague, which also included the village of Ogens . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Essertines-sur-Yverdon 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 first assigned to the district of Yverdon , in 1803 it came to the district of Echallens.

Attractions

The reformed parish church of Saint-André on the northern edge of the village was built in 1702 within the walls of the former castle, which has now disappeared. A tower of the former castle was converted into the current bell tower of the church. The schoolhouse dates from 1869. In the old town center there are still numerous characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries on both sides of the Dorfstrasse.

Web links

Commons : Essertines-sur-Yverdon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Essertines-sur-Yverdon (French)
• Philippe Heubi: Essertines-sur-Yverdon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

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 .