Mauborget

Mauborget
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5562
Postal code :	1453
Coordinates :	537 317  /  189 741 coordinates: 46 ° 51 '21 "  N , 6 ° 37' 0"  O ; CH1903:  537 317  /  one hundred and eighty-nine thousand seven hundred and forty-one
Height :	1170  m above sea level M.
Height range :	920–1431 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.52  km²
Residents:	122 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.mauborget.ch
Location of the municipality

Mauborget is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Mauborget is at an altitude of 1170  m above sea level. M. in the center of the village is the highest municipality in the Swiss Jura , 8 km north of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (linear distance). The farming village extends on the southern slope of the Chasseron chain, in a panoramic position more than 700 m above the level of the Swiss plateau . On a clear day, the view extends across the entire Alpine chain from the Mont-Blanc massif to the Pilatus and Glärnisch region .

The 5.5 km² municipal area covers a section on the anticline of the Chasseron. The municipality extends from the wooded escarpment of La Côte northwards over the cleared island of the terrace of Mauborget (also called Balcon du Jura Vaudois ) to the height of En Tévenon ( 1323  m above sea level ) and to the hollow of the Prés de la Meule . In the Mauborget area, the Chasseron anticline is divided into several ridges: north of En Tévenon follows the height of La Joux (at 1,430  m above sea level, the highest point in the municipality) and then the Bois de la Vaux basin , which with the stream Bied is drained through the Poëta Raisse gorge to the Areuse . On the Chasseron chain there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 3% of the municipal area was in settlements, 71% in forests and woodlands, 25% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Mauborget has some individual farms on the Jura heights. The neighboring communities of Mauborget are Fontaines-sur-Grandson in the west and south and Tévenon in the canton of Vaud in the south-east and east and Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in the north .

population

With 122 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Mauborget is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 92.9% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.7% German-speaking and 1.2% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Mauborget was 92 inhabitants in 1900, after which it halved until 1980 (41 inhabitants). In the past few years in particular, however, there has been a significant increase in the population.

economy

Mauborget was mainly an agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . Even today, livestock and dairy farming play an important role as a source of income for the population. In the last few decades Mauborget has also developed into a residential community. Since there are hardly any jobs in the village outside of the primary sector, many employed people are commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

tourism

Thanks to its beautiful location, Mauborget has developed into a holiday resort with a few weekend and holiday homes. In summer Mauborget and its surroundings are a popular destination as a place to relax and as a starting point for hikes. To the west of the village there is always a ski lift in operation in winter .

traffic

The community is far away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from Grandson , above the village a road leads to Sainte-Croix , the other over the Chasseron chain to Couvet . The village is connected to the public transport network thanks to the postbus course that runs from Yverdon to Mauborget. From time to time a bus also runs to Sainte-Croix.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1403 under the name Villar Malborget . The place name is derived from mauvais ( bad ) and borget ( small place / patch ). Mauborget belonged to the Grandson rule at the beginning of the 15th century. After 1476 Grandson became a bailiwick under the common rule of Bern and Freiburg . It was not until 1730 that Mauborget became an independent municipality after the Meieramt Fiez was split up . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village 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 . Mauborget does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Villars-Burquin .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Mauborget
• Community information
• Aerial photography
• Philippe Heubi: Mauborget. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .