Les Cullayes

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Les Cullayes
Coat of arms of Les Cullayes
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud (VD)
District : Lavaux-Oronw
Municipality : Servioni2
Postal code : 1080
former BFS no. : 5786
Coordinates : 547 336  /  158208 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '23 "  N , 6 ° 45' 6"  O ; CH1903:  547,336  /  158208
Height : 836  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.12  km²
Residents: 674 (December 31, 2011)
Population density : 318 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.lescullayes.ch
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Les Cullayes (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2011

Until December 31, 2011, Les Cullayes was a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . On January 1, 2012, it merged with Servion .

geography

Les Cullayes is 836  m above sea level. M. , eleven kilometers northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance ). The scattered settlement community extends over an open plateau, on the eastern roof of the Jorat high plateau , in the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.1 km² former municipal area covers a section of the Molasse Heights between the Jorat and the upper reaches of the Broye . The western border is formed by the upper Bressonne , which is slightly sunk into the molasse layers . From here, the former municipality extends eastward over the cleared island of Les Cullayes (on which the highest point of the former municipality is reached at 838  m above sea level ) and a valley basin up to the Bois de Villars hill (up to 835  m above sea level). ). To the northeast, the area extends to the edge of the wide valley of the Carrouge . In the south, the border runs along the edge of the forest of the Bois du Grand Jorat . In 1997, 15% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 9% for forests and woodlands and 76% for agriculture.

Les Cullayes includes the farm settlements Le Bougnon ( 812  m above sea level ) northwest and Les Moures ( 814  m above sea level ) east of the village as well as several individual farms.

population

With 674 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011), Les Cullayes is one of the smaller former municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 88.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 8.0% German-speaking and 1.1% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Les Cullayes was 264 in 1850 and 219 in 1900. After that, a decrease to 138 inhabitants was recorded due to strong emigration by 1960. Since then there has been a rapid population increase with a fivefold increase in the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Les Cullayes was a predominantly agricultural village. Today agriculture and livestock farming have only a minor role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In recent years, new businesses have opened in Les Cullayes, including an air conditioning and electrical installation business. With the construction of single-family houses over the past few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne .

traffic

The former municipality is located away from major thoroughfares, but has a good connection to main road 1 ( Lausanne - Moudon ). The village is connected to the public transport network by a post bus that runs from Montpreveyres to Les Cullayes.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1359 under the name Culaes . In the dialect ( Patois ) the form Les Ecoulayés was also used for a long time. In the Middle Ages , Les Cullayes was part of the reign of Vulliens; after 1370 it belonged to the rule of Mézières. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Les Cullayes 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 Oron district.

A merger of Les Cullayes with the neighboring communities of Mézières , Montpreveyres and Servion was sought, but failed on January 15, 2006 at the ballot box for the narrow no of the residents of Montpreveyres. The other three municipalities agreed to the merger. Another referendum on November 28, 2010 enabled the union with Servion alone; this became legally effective on January 1, 2012.

Attractions

The parish hall was built in 1772. Les Cullayes does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Mézières .

Web links

Commons : Les Cullayes  - collection of images, videos and audio files