Montpreveyres

Montpreveyres
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Lavaux-Oron
BFS no. :	5792
Postal code :	1081
Coordinates :	546685  /  159264 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '57 "  N , 6 ° 44' 35"  O ; CH1903:  546685  /  159264
Height :	787  m above sea level M.
Height range :	733–929 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.12  km²
Residents:	642 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	156 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.montpreveyres.ch
Montpreveyres schoolhouse
Location of the municipality

Montpreveyres is a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Montpreveyres is 787  m above sea level. M. , 11 km northeast of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The village extends on the eastern roof of the Jorat plateau , northeast of the Col du Chalet-à-Gobet pass , west of the Bressonne valley , in the Vaudois Plateau .

The area of ​​the 4.1 km² municipal area includes a section of the Jorat Molasse Heights. The upper reaches of the Bressonne, which is slightly cut into the plateau, form the border in the east and south. It separates the slope of Montpreveyres from the Bois du Grand Jorat to the south . The northern border runs along the Cerjuz , a left tributary of the Bressonne. To the west, the municipality extends over the forest Bois de Ban and in a narrow corner on the heights of the Jorat, where on the Montagne du Château at 929  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Montpreveyres is reached (highest point of the entire Jorat). The Bois du Jorat is an extensive forest area where the rivers Talent and Mentue have their source . In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 50% by forests and woodlands and 42% by agriculture.

The Mellette settlement ( 870  m above sea level ) on the eastern roof of the Jorat and several individual farms belong to Montpreveyres . The neighboring municipalities of Montpreveyres are Corcelles-le-Jorat , Ropraz , Jorat-Mézières , Servion , Savigny , Lausanne and Froideville .

population

With 642 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Montpreveyres is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 95.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.4% German-speaking and 1.1% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Montpreveyres was 270 in 1900. Thereafter, a decrease to 198 inhabitants was recorded due to steady emigration until 1960; since then the population has increased again significantly and doubled within 40 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Montpreveyres was a predominantly agricultural village. Today agriculture and livestock farming have only a minor role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Thanks to the good transport connections, several companies have settled in Montpreveyres in recent years. 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 .

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on main road 1 from Lausanne via Payerne to Bern . Montpreveyres is cut in two by this main road, which was heavily frequented by transit traffic, especially before the opening of the motorway from Bern to western Switzerland. Montpreveyres is connected to the public transport network by the number 62 of the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise , which runs from Lausanne to Moudon . Another bus line operates the route from Montpreveyres to Les Cullayes .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1167 under the name Monspresbyteri . Later the names Montprevere (1177), Monteproverio (1524) and Montpreverroz (1525) appeared. The place name is derived from the Latin words mons (mountain) and presbyter (priest).

The Lausanne cathedral chapter left the area around Montpreveyres to the Canons of the Great Saint Bernard in the 12th century. They founded a small priory here, which was also dependent on the Lausanne cathedral chapter. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Montpreveyres came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . 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 Oron district.

A merger of Montpreveyres with the neighboring communities of Mézières, Les Cullayes and Servion was sought, but failed on January 15, 2006 at the ballot box on the narrow no of the residents. The other three municipalities agreed to the merger.

Attractions

The former convent building was converted into a rectory, while the priory church no longer exists. The new church of Montpreveyres was built in 1758 just outside the village above the Bressonne valley. It has a bell from 1483. In the forest of the Jorat, where the borders of the three districts of Lausanne, Echallens and Oron meet , the monumental boundary stone Borne des trois Jorats has been located since 1536 ; the original was replaced in 1928.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Montpreveyres (French)
• Jean-Jacques Bouquet: Montpreveyres. 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 .