Martherenges

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Gros-de-Vaud

Municipality :

Montanaire

Postal code :

1063

former BFS no. :

5676

Coordinates :

547507 / 167965 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '39 " N , 6 ° 45' 10" O ; CH1903: 547507 / 167965

Height :

767 m above sea level M.

Area :

0.83 km²

Residents:

78 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

94 inhabitants per km²

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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012

Martherenges was until December 31, 2012 a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities of Chanéaz , Chapelle-sur-Moudon , Correvon , Denezy , Neyruz-sur-Moudon , Peyres-Possens , Saint-Cierges and Thierrens to form the new municipality of Montanaire .

geography

Martherenges lies at 767 m above sea level. M. , 18 kilometers northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance ). The small farming village extends on the edge of a plateau north of the Jorat , between the valley cuts of the Mentue in the west and the Mérine in the east, in the Molasse hills of the northern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of the former municipal area of just 0.8 km² comprises a small section of the high plateau between the Mentue and the central Broyetal . To the south, the border runs along the Tenette brook , which is cut deep into the plateau and flows into the Mérine southeast of Martherenges. To the north, the former municipality extends into the forest area Bois de Planche Signal and reaches here at 818 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Martherenges. In 1997, 6% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 36% for forests and trees and 58% for agriculture.

Martherenges' neighboring communities were Moudon , Sottens and Chapelle-sur-Moudon .

population

With 78 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2012) Martherenges was one of the smallest communities in the canton of Vaud. 91.6% of the residents speak French, 5.6% speak German and 1.4% speak Dutch (as of 2000). The population of Martherenges was 83 in 1900. After that, a decrease to 53 inhabitants was recorded by 1980; since then the population has increased slightly again.

economy

Martherenges still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from agriculture , fruit growing and cattle breeding . There are no other jobs outside the primary sector.

traffic

The former municipality is located off the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Moudon to Chapelle-sur-Moudon . Martherenges has no connection to the public transport network.

history

In the Middle Ages the village was called villa Martherenga or curtis Martherenga . The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal name Marthar . Martherenges, which had been under the sovereignty of the Dukes of Savoy since the 14th century, belonged to the lordship of Chapelle-sur-Moudon. 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 , Martherenges 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 Moudon district. Martherenges does not have its own church, it is part of the parish of Chapelle-sur-Moudon.

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Martherenges - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Jean-Jacques Bouquet: Martherenges. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Community information
Aerial views of the village