Grand event

Grand event
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5560
Postal code :	1421
Coordinates :	536513  /  187804 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '18 "  N , 6 ° 36' 23"  O ; CH1903:  536513  /  187804
Height :	665  m above sea level M.
Height range :	583-1389 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.44  km²
Residents:	238 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	69 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.grandevent.ch
Location of the municipality

Grandevent is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Grand event is 665  m above sea level. M. , 7 km north-northwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (air line). The farming village extends on the southern slope of the Jura , in a panoramic position above the valley of the river Arnon .

The 3.5 km² municipal area covers a section of the southern slope of the Chasseron chain. The area stretches from the foot of the Jura ( 580  m above sea level ) northwards, up the densely wooded escarpment of La Côte and over the height of Brelingard ( 1273  m above sea level ) and the Crêt Breny ( 1219  m above sea level ) in the valley of La Calame on the anticlines of the Chasseron. In the far north, the municipality on the southern slope reaches the height of Les Cernets at 1390  m above sea level. M. the highest point. On the Chasseron chain there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 2% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 51% for forests and woodlands and 47% for agriculture.

Some individual farms on the Jura heights belong to the grand event. Neighboring municipalities to Grandevent are Novalles , Bullet and Fontaines-sur-Grandson .

population

With 238 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Grandevent is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 92.4% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.5% German-speaking and 1.4% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Grandevent was 152 inhabitants in 1850, after which it steadily decreased to 58 inhabitants until 1970. In the past few years in particular, however, there has been a significant increase in the population.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, the grand event was mainly a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, arable farming is predominant in the lower part of the municipality , and cattle breeding and dairy farming on the Jura heights . In the last few decades, Grandevent has developed into a residential community. Since there are hardly any jobs in the village outside of the primary sector, many employed people are commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

traffic

The community is far away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from Fontaines-sur-Grandson , a narrow road leads above the village to Villars-Burquin . The Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Novalles , runs to Grandevent at certain times.

history

Grand event came about relatively late compared to the other municipalities in the region. The first written mention under the name Grandevens took place in the 16th century. Sometimes the place was named Vers chez Grison after a homestead southwest of Grandevent. The village belonged to the Bailiwick of Grandson, which was under the common rule of Bern and Freiburg since 1476 . It was not until 1730 that Grandevent became an independent municipality after the Meieramt Fiez was divided . 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 .

Web links

Commons : Grandevent  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Community information
• Philippe Heubi: Grand event . 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 .