Molondine

Molondine
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5921
Postal code :	1415
Coordinates :	547 306  /  179 022 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '37 "  N , 6 ° 44' 56"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and forty-seven thousand three hundred and six  /  179022
Height :	611  m above sea level M.
Height range :	487–731 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.49  km²
Residents:	236 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.molondin.ch
Molondine
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Molondin is 611  m above sea level. M. , 9 km east of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The clustered village extends in an open hollow, traversed by the Flonzel stream, east of the Mentue valley , in the Molasse hill country of the northern Vaud Central Plateau .

The 5.5 km² municipal area covers a section of the hill country between Lake Neuchâtel and the Broyetal . The community soil is occupied by the Flonzel valley, which forms a wide hollow with a side stream near Molondin. The valley is bordered in the west by the Derrière Loussot ridge ( 652  m above sea level ) and in the east by the high plateau of Démoret. On this plateau is 735  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Molondin. North of the village, the Flonzel has over millions of years created a deep notch valley in the molasse layers of the plateau before it flows into the Ruisseau des Vaux (northern border of Molondin), which also flows in a notch valley flanked by rock walls. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 29% for forests and woodlands and 67% for agriculture.

Molondin includes the hamlets of Petit Bâle ( 615  m above sea level ) on Flonzel south of the village and Devant Saint-Martin-du-Chêne ( 620  m above sea level ) as well as some individual farms. Molondin's neighboring municipalities are Chêne-Pâquier , Démoret , Prahins , Donneloye , Yvonand , Rovray and Chavannes-le-Chêne .

population

With 236 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Molondin is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 95.0% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.9% German-speaking and 0.6% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Molondin was 330 people in 1900. After the population had decreased by around 50% to 166 people by 1980, a slight increase in population has been registered since then.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Molondin was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in small businesses and in the service sector. The water power of the Flonzel was previously used by a mill and a sawmill. In the past few decades, Molondin has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from Donneloye and Yvonand . The Postbus course, which runs from Yverdon to Thierrens , also serves the town of Molondin at certain times of the day.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1380 under the names Mollendens and Mollondens . In 1422 the name Molondens appeared and in 1437 Molandens . In 1867 the spelling Mollondin was still used.

Since it was first mentioned, Molondin belonged to the lordship of Saint-Martin-du-Chêne. In the Middle Ages, this was a powerful rule, whose castle stood on the spur between the deeply cut valleys of the Flonzel and the Ruisseau des Vaux in the Molondin area. The small town of Saint-Martin developed around the castle in the 13th century. The dominion of Saint-Martin-du-Chêne was divided into two fiefdoms in 1360. The castle was occupied by the Confederates during the Burgundian Wars in 1475 and completely destroyed in 1536. As a result, the center of the rule was moved to Chavannes-le-Chêne , and the town of Saint-Martin was also abandoned.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Molondin came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon . 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 . In 1798 it was assigned to the Yverdon district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Molondin

The 18th and 19th century farmhouses in Molondin all have a gable orientation from west-south-west to east-north-east. The reformed church was built in 1955. The only witness to the former rule of Saint-Martin-du-Chêne is the Tour de Saint-Martin. The mighty tower from the 12th century was once the keep of the castle. In the area around the tower, some remains of the wall are still visible.

Web links

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

• Community information
• Philippe Heubi: Molondin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village
• Saint-Martin-du-Chene

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 .