La Praz VD

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VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name La Prazf .
La Praz
Coat of arms of La Praz
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud (VD)
District : Jura north vaudoisw
BFS no. : 5758i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 1327
Coordinates : 522601  /  168976 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '3 "  N , 6 ° 25' 38"  O ; CH1903:  522601  /  168976
Height : 873  m above sea level M.
Height range : 731–1301 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.12  km²
Residents: 165 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 32 inhabitants per km²
Location of the municipality
Genfersee Neuenburgersee Lac de Saint-Point Lac de Remoray Lac des Rousses Lac de Joux Lac Brenet Frankreich Kanton Freiburg Kanton Freiburg Kanton Freiburg Kanton Freiburg Kanton Neuenburg Bezirk Broye-Vully Bezirk Broye-Vully Bezirk Gros-de-Vaud Bezirk Lausanne Lavaux-Oron Bezirk Morges Bezirk Nyon Bezirk Ouest lausannois Bezirk Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut Agiez L’Abbaye L’Abergement VD Arnex-sur-Orbe Ballaigues Baulmes Bavois Belmont-sur-Yverdon Bioley-Magnoux Bofflens Bonvillars Bretonnières Bullet VD Chamblon Champagne VD Champvent Chavannes-le-Chêne Chavornay VD Chêne-Pâquier Le Chenit Cheseaux-Noréaz Les Clées Concise Corcelles-près-Concise Cronay Croy VD Croy VD Cuarny Démoret Donneloye Ependes VD Fiez Fiez Fontaines-sur-Grandson Giez VD Grandevent Grandson Juriens Le Lieu Lignerolle Mathod Mauborget Molondin Montagny-près-Yverdon Montcherand Mutrux Novalles Onnens VD Orbe VD Orges VD Orzens Pomy VD La Praz VD Premier VD Provence VD Rances VD Romainmôtier-Envy Rovray Sainte-Croix VD Sergey Suchy Suscévaz Treycovagnes Ursins Valeyres-sous-Montagny Valeyres-sous-Rances Valeyres-sous-Ursins Vallorbe Vaulion Villars-Epeney Vugelles-La Mothe Vuiteboeuf Yverdon-les-Bains Yvonand TévenonMap of La Praz
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La Praz is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

La Praz is at 873  m above sea level. M. , 10 km southwest of Orbe and 20 km southwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (linear distance). The farming village extends on the southern slopes of the Jura , in a panoramic position high above the plains of the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 5.1 km² municipal area comprises a section on the southern slopes of the Vaud Jura. The municipal soil extends from the edge of the Prins Bois westward over the cleared island of La Praz and the wooded steep slope ( Côte de la Praz ) to the level of the Jura chain between the Nozon Valley and the Central Plateau . The highest point of the municipality is at 1300  m above sea level. M. near the Chalet Dernier. Here there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 51% for forests and trees and 45% for agriculture.

Some individual farms belong to La Praz. The neighboring municipalities of La Praz are Juriens , Moiry and Mont-la-Ville .

population

With 165 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), La Praz is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 94.9% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.3% German-speaking and 0.9% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of La Praz was 247 in 1850. After that, strong emigration was recorded until 1970 (102 inhabitants). Since then, the population has increased slightly again.

economy

La Praz is still an agricultural village today , although in the past arable farming predominated in the vicinity of the village , whereas today mainly cattle and dairy farming is practiced. The local small business offers additional jobs. Since La Praz has gradually developed into a residential community over the past few decades, many employed people are commuters.

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares, it has connections with the three neighboring villages. La Praz is connected to the public transport network by the Postbus course that runs from Croy to L'Isle .

history

Traces testify to an early settlement of the municipality area. The place was first mentioned in writing in 1330 under its current name. The names Prata (1400) and Lapraz (1867) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Latin word pratum ( meadow , willow ).

La Praz has belonged to the Romainmôtier monastery since the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village became part of the Kastlanei and Landvogtei Romainmôtier. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , La Praz 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 . It was assigned to the Orbe district in 1798. In 1881 numerous houses fell victim to a village fire.

Attractions

The late classical church of La Praz was built in 1841. In a forest south of the village there is a horseshoe-shaped stone circle with five large and seven smaller mossy stones.

Web links

Commons : La Praz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 .