Montalchez

Montalchez
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
District :	No district division
Municipality :	La Grande Béroche
Postal code :	2027
former BFS no. :	6411
Coordinates :	547315  /  194 462 coordinates: 46 ° 53 '57 "  N , 6 ° 44' 50"  O ; CH1903:  547315  /  194 462
Height :	656  m above sea level M.
Area :	6.41  km²
Residents:	240 (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.lagrandeberoche.ch
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2018

Until December 31, 2017, Montalchez was a municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland .

geography

Montalchez is 656  m above sea level. M. , 17 kilometers southwest of the canton capital Neuchâtel (linear distance ). The farming village extends in the Béroche on the southern slopes of the Jura , in a panoramic position around 230 m above lake level of Lake Neuchâtel .

The area of ​​the 6.4 km² former municipal area includes a section on the southeast slope of the Soliat anticline . The community soil extends from the valley near La Fin Dessous to the northwest over the gently rising slope in the area of ​​the village and the densely wooded steep slope Côte de Montalchez to the broad ridge of the Soliat. On the Crêt Teni , a height of 1419  m above sea level. M. and on the summit of the Soliat (highest point of the municipality) 1465  m above sea level. M. achieved. Here there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. The northern border runs a short distance along the rock arena of the Creux du Van . In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 39% for forests and woodlands and 57% for agriculture.

Montalchez has numerous individual farms on the southern slopes of the Jura and on the Jura heights. Neighboring communities of Montalchez were Fresens , Saint-Aubin-Sauges and Gorgier in the canton of Neuchâtel and Provence in the canton of Vaud .

population

With 240 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2017), Montalchez was one of the smallest communities in the canton of Neuchâtel. 97.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 1.6% German-speaking and 0.5% English-speaking (as of 2000). In 1851 Montalchez had 320 inhabitants. In the course of the 20th century, the population decreased significantly due to emigration, and only in the last few years has a slight increasing tendency been observed.

politics

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the 2015 National Council election were: FDP 35.1%, SVP 22.3%, SP 15.5%, GPS 13.8%, CVP 6.5%, PdA 3.1%, glp 2.1 %, List you vote blanc 1.4%, BDP 0.3%.

economy

Even today, Montalchez is a predominantly agricultural village. In the lower areas there is arable farming , while on the Jura heights, livestock and dairy farming are predominant. Outside of agriculture, there are hardly any jobs in the area, which is why numerous workers commute.

traffic

Montalchez is away from the major thoroughfares, the main access is from Saint-Aubin . There are other road connections with Provence and Fresens. Montalchez is connected to the public transport network by the bus line that runs from Gorgier to Provence .

history

Traces of the Roman trade route Vy d'Etra and the remains of a Burgundian necropolis have been preserved on the territory of the former municipality . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1340 under the name Villa de Montallichie . The place name was probably derived from the Roman personal name Allicus .

Montalchez had belonged to the Gorgier rule since the 14th century, which came to the Counts of Neuchâtel as a fief in 1344. From 1648 Neuchâtel was a principality and from 1707 it was linked to the Kingdom of Prussia through personal union. In 1806 the area was ceded to Napoleon I and came to the Swiss Confederation in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , whereby the kings of Prussia until the Neuchâtel trade in 1857 also remained princes of Neuchâtel.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in La Grande Béroche

Montalchez shows a closed village landscape with typical farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries. The village does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Saint-Aubin-Sauges .

Web links

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

• Olivier Girardbille: Montalchez. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election du Conseil National du October 18, 2015, Résultats des partis - Les suffrages. (aspx) (No longer available online.) Chancellerie d'État neuchâtelois, October 18, 2015, archived from the original on November 1, 2015 ; Retrieved October 30, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.