Gressy VD

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Gressy
Gressy coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud (VD)
District : Jura north vaudoisw
Municipality : Yverdon-les-Bainsi2
Postal code : 1432
former BFS no. : 5918
Coordinates : 538 656  /  177 807 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '55 "  N , 6 ° 38' 9"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred fifty-six  /  177 807
Height : 500  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.23  km²
Residents: 167 (December 31, 2010)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km²
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Parish before the merger on June 30, 2011

Gressy was a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

Since July 1, 2011, Gressy has belonged to the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains .

geography

Gressy lies at 500  m above sea level. M. , three kilometers south of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The clustered village extends on an eastward sloping slope above the Buron valley , in the northernmost foothills of the Gros de Vaud plateau , in the Vaudois Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.2 km² municipal area covers a section of the northern Vaud Central Plateau. The area is traversed from south to north by the Buron, which has carved a valley into the molasse layers of the surrounding highlands. To the west of the Buron the parish soil extends to the Gressy plateau, on which at 536  m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. The area east of the Buron extends in a corner on the narrow Longemale ridge ( 515  m above sea level ) between the Orbe plain in the north and the valley of the Niauque in the south. To the north, the municipality extends into the plain of the Orbe plain. In 1997, 13% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 17% for forests and woodlands and 70% for agriculture.

Gressy includes the hamlet of Sermuz ( 488  m above sea level ) on the southern slope of the Longemale above the Niauque and a few individual farms. The neighboring municipalities of Gressy were Yverdon-les-Bains , Pomy , Valeyres-sous-Ursins , Essertines-sur-Yverdon and Belmont-sur-Yverdon .

population

With 167 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010) Gressy is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 96.4% of the residents are French-speaking, 1.4% German-speaking and 1.4% Spanish-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Gressy was 218 in 1900. After that, due to strong emigration, a decrease to 125 inhabitants was recorded by 1980; since then a slight population increase has been registered again.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Gressy was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, the have farming and fruit growing an important role in the employment structure of the population. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. There used to be a mill in the valley of the Buron. In the last few decades, Gressy has also developed into a residential community. Numerous workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

traffic

The community is well developed in terms of traffic, although it is located away from the major thoroughfares. The Yverdon-Sud motorway junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 is around 2 km from the town center. In the Gressy area there is the Yverdon junction, where the A5 (Yverdon-Neuchâtel) branches off from the A1. Gressy is connected to the public transport network through a post bus course that runs from Yverdon to Suchy .

history

On the hill of Sermuz, which belongs to Gressy, three kilometers from Yverdon-Ies-Bains, there is a late Celtic oppidum , which around the middle of the 1st century BC. Was settled whether permanently or sporadically is unclear. In 1984 excavations uncovered a wall with a trench in front of it, which originally closed off the narrow, long plateau over a length of around 130 m. The oppidum, located high above the valley of the Orbe , was possibly a refuge, near the settlement of Yverdon in the plain, which was also walled at this time.

The wall is more than six meters wide and about the same height. The section reconstructed in situ shows the structure. It consists of a framework of intersecting, horizontal beams that was filled with earth and covered with a dry stone wall. A model stands in the museum of Yverdon. Julius Caesar describes exactly this type of wall in De bello gallico and calls it murus gallicus (Celtic wall).

The first written mention of the place took place in 1150 under the name Crissie ante Belmunt . Later, the names Gressey (1187), Grissie (1228), Grizie (1245), Grissye (1317) and Grissiez (1453) appeared. The place name probably goes back to the Roman personal name Gratius or Gracius .

Gressy has been part of the Belmont estate since it was first mentioned . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of Kastlanei Belmont in the Bailiwick of Yverdon . It was the summer residence of the Bailiff of Yverdon. In 1764 at the latest, the previously independent Sermuz was merged with Gressy. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Gressy 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.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint-Martin, mentioned in the 12th century, has some Romanesque components, but was rebuilt in the 15th century. Inside, wall paintings from the 15th century have been preserved. The Bernese style rectory was built in 1689. In the center there are some stately farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries.

literature

Web links

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