Pailly VD

VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Pailly .

Pailly
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5530
Postal code :	1416
Coordinates :	541 598  /  172 497 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '4 "  N , 6 ° 40' 30"  O ; CH1903:  541598  /  172497
Height :	642  m above sea level M.
Height range :	538–705 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.77  km²
Residents:	560 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	97 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.pailly.ch
Pailly VD
Location of the municipality

Pailly is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Pailly is 642  m above sea level. M. , 20 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The clustered village extends on the western slope of a wide ridge in the north of Gros de Vaud , above the Sauteru valley , in the Swiss Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 5.8 km² municipal area comprises a section of the northern Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The slope of Pailly, which slopes gently towards the Sauteru valley, is subdivided below the village by several small erosion valleys . The eastern border runs along the Sauteru. To the west, the municipality extends to the broad ridge between the valleys of Buron in the west and Sauteru in the east. The area extends to the edge of the forest of the Grand Bois d'Essertines and reaches the height of Les Sapalles at 702  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Pailly. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 18% for forests and woodlands and 76% for agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Pailly. The neighboring communities of Pailly are Rueyres in the east, Fey in the south, Vuarren in the south- west, Essertines-sur-Yverdon in the north-west, Orzen in the north and Oppen in the north-east .

population

With 560 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Pailly is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 90.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.1% Portuguese-speaking and 2.8% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Pailly was 371 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 255 people by 1970, a significant increase in population was recorded again.

economy

Pailly was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. There are other jobs in local small businesses and in the service sector (in a mechanical workshop and a publishing house). In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Yverdon area .

traffic

The community is located away from the major thoroughfares, but has good connections to the neighboring villages. Pailly is connected to the public transport network by several post bus lines: Yverdon - Echallens , Yverdon - Bercher and Bercher - Thierrens .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century under the name Parliei . Later the names Parli (1154), Parlye (1177), Parley (1182), Parlie (1228), Palliez (1251), Pallye (1296), Pailliez (1453) and Pallie (1537). The place name probably goes back to the Latin family Parlius or Pallius .

Since the Middle Ages Pailly formed a small lordship that took over the name Bourjod at the beginning of the 14th century. The rule was dependent on a branch of the Grandson-Belmont family and has seen numerous changes of ownership since the 14th century. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Pailly 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 Pailly was first assigned to the district of Yverdon , in 1803 it came to the district of Echallens.

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Assets in Pailly

The Saint-Jean church was rebuilt at the end of the 18th century. On a promontory in the Sauteru valley south of Pailly are the ruins of the former Bourjod castle. The castle was probably built at the end of the 12th century and fell into ruins in the 15th century.

Web links

Commons : Pailly VD  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Pailly (French)
• Philippe Heubi: Pailly. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

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 .