Gossens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Jura north vaudois

Municipality :

Donneloye

Postal code :

1407

former BFS no. :

5917

Coordinates :

543 594 / 176894 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '27 " N , 6 ° 42' 2" O ; CH1903: 543 594 / 176894

Height :

538 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.02 km²

Residents:

132 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

129 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on December 31, 2007

Gossens was a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . On January 1, 2008, Gossens merged with Donneloye and Mézery-près-Donneloye to form the new municipality of Donneloye.

geography

Gossens lies at 538 m above sea level. M. , seven kilometers southeast of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The clustered village extends on the western slope of the Mentue , opposite Donneloye , in the Molasse hill country of the northern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of the former municipal area, which is just 1.0 km² in size, encompasses a section of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal . The river Mentue formed the eastern border. From here the parish ground extended westward over the slope of Gossens and the small valley of the Barbeire to the eastern slope of the ridge between the Orbe plain and the valley of the Mentue. The highest point of Gossens was at 592 m above sea level. M. below the Odet farm. The northern border ran along the Ruisseau du Lin , which has carved a valley into this slope due to its erosion force. In 1997, 5% of the former municipality area was accounted for by settlements, 14% for forests and woodlands and 80% for agriculture.

The hamlet of Granges-de-Gossens ( 560 m above sea level ) on the slope bordered by the Ruisseau du Lin and La Barbeire streams belonged to Gossens . Neighboring communities of Gossens were Donneloye , Bioley-Magnoux , Orzens and Cronay .

population

With 132 inhabitants (at the end of 2007), Gossens was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 94.7% of the residents are French-speaking and 5.4% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Gossens was 152 inhabitants in 1850, 115 inhabitants in 1900. Thereafter, due to strong emigration, a decrease to 76 inhabitants was recorded by 1970; since then a population increase has been registered again.

economy

Gossens still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from agriculture , fruit growing and cattle breeding . Outside the primary sector there are only a few jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

traffic

The former municipality is located away from major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Donneloye to Orzens . At certain times of the day Gossens is served by the bus line that runs from Yverdon to Thierrens .

history

The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Gozzo . While Gossens had been owned by the Johanniterkomturei La Chaux since the Middle Ages , the hamlet of Granges-de-Gossens (formerly known as Granges de Joux) belonged to the lordship of Bioley-Magnoux. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Gossens and Granges-de-Gossens came under the administration of the Kastlanei Bioley-Magnoux in 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 Gossens was assigned to the Yverdon district.

Attractions

Web links

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

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