Maracon

Maracon
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Lavaux-Oron
BFS no. :	5790
Postal code :	1613
Coordinates :	556452  /  155509 coordinates: 46 ° 32 '58 "  N , 6 ° 52' 15"  O ; CH1903:  556452  /  155509
Height :	843  m above sea level M.
Height range :	723–883 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.38  km²
Residents:	491 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	112 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.maracon.ch
Location of the municipality

Maracon is a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . With effect from January 1, 2003, the formerly independent municipality of La Rogivue was merged with Maracon.

geography

Maracon is 843  m above sea level. M. , 4 km east- south- east of Oron-la-Ville and 19 km east of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The farming village extends from a promising location on a knoll above the Broye valley , in the eastern edge of the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 4.4 km² municipal area covers a section of the Molasse hill country in the Alpine foothills. The border to the southeast is formed by the upper reaches of the Broye, which over time has created a small notch valley in the molasse layers . From the Broye, the municipality extends northward over a wide, gradually sloping ridge to the west (up to 883  m above sea level and thus the highest point of Maracon) into the valley of the Mionne . In the far northeast, in the former municipality of La Rogivue, is the moorland and marshland area of Les Mosses . In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was in settlements, 22% in forests and woodlands, 69% in agriculture and around 3% was unproductive land.

The village of La Rogivue , the hamlet of La Coudre ( 840  m above sea level ) north of the village and several individual farms belong to Maracon . Neighboring municipalities to Maracon are Oron in the canton of Vaud and Saint-Martin , Semsales , Châtel-Saint-Denis and Remaufens in the canton of Friborg .

population

With 491 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Maracon is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 93.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.4% German-speaking and 0.7% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Maracon was 398 in 1900. Thereafter, a decrease to 210 inhabitants was recorded due to steady emigration until 1970; since then the population has increased again significantly and has doubled within 30 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Maracon was mainly an agricultural village. Even today, have agriculture and livestock an important role in the employment structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. With the construction of several single-family houses in the last few decades, the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and Vevey .

traffic

The community is located away from major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Palézieux to Semsales . Maracon and La Rogivue are connected to the public transport network by a PostBus course that runs from Oron-la-Ville via Palézieux to Semsales.

history

Maracon was first mentioned in a document in 1236 under the name Montimarascon , derived from the Latin words mons (mountain) and mariscum (swamp, moor). Later the names Morascon (1287), Monracot (1290) and Montracot (1292) appeared.

In the Middle Ages, part of Maracon belonged to the Palézieux dominion, the other part to the Champion family. This sold its share to Bern in 1547. After the conquest of Vaud by Bern, the village came to the Bernese bailiwick of Oron in 1557. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Maracon 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. In 1872, the hamlet of Very located on the outskirts of Ecoteaux and the former castle came to the municipality of Maracon. On January 1st, 2003 the formerly independent La Rogivue was incorporated into Maracon.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Maracon

The current parish church of Maracon was built in 1822 in the classicism style. It takes the place of a previous building. In the school house there is still a bell (1602) from this former church. In the town center there are still some stately farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Maracon (French)
• Olivier Frédéric Dubuis: Maracon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village

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 .