Premier VD

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VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Premierf .
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Premier's coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud (VD)
District : Jura north vaudoisw
BFS no. : 5759i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 1324
Coordinates : 523992  /  173 065 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '16 "  N , 6 ° 26' 41"  O ; CH1903:  523992  /  one hundred and seventy-three thousand and sixty-five
Height : 869  m above sea level M.
Height range : 739–1172 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.12  km²
Residents: 214 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.premier.ch
Aerial view of Premier

Aerial view of Premier
Location of the municipality
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Premier is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Premier lies at 869  m above sea level. M. , 7 km west-southwest of Orbe and 17 km west-southwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The farming village extends on the southern slope of the Jura , north of the Nozon valley cut , in a panoramic position high above the lowlands of the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 6.1 km² municipal area covers a section of the Vaud Jura. The municipality extends from the edge of the forest Bois de Forel westward over the meadows of Premier and the Bois de Ban to the Jura chain, which forms the northeastern continuation of the Dent de Vaulion . This is limited by the valleys of the Orbe in the north and the Nozon in the south. At the height of Sur Grati is 1170  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Premier. Here 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 accounted for by settlements, 49% for forests and woodlands and 48% for agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Premier. The neighboring municipalities of Premier are in the north-west Vallorbe , in the south-west Vaulion , in the south Romainmôtier-Envy , in the east Bretonnières and in the north Les Clées .

population

With 214 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Premier is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 94.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.4% English-speaking and 1.9% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Premier was 292 in 1850. After that, a strong emigration was recorded until 1970 (138 inhabitants). Since then, the population has increased significantly again.

economy

For a long time, Premier was mainly an agricultural village. Agriculture , cattle breeding and dairy farming are still of great importance today . In the 19th century in particular, handicrafts (blacksmithing, weaving and wood processing) served as an important source of income, while the local small trade offers only a few jobs today. As Premier has developed into a residential community over the past few decades, many workers are commuters.

traffic

The community is located away from the major thoroughfares. The main access is from Romainmôtier-Envy . The Postbus course, which runs from Croy to Vaulion, connects Premier to the public transport network.

history

Aerial photo (1964)

The first written mention of the place took place in 1316 under the name Premyer ; the name Prumier also appeared in the documents. Premier belonged to the Romainmôtier rule since the Middle Ages . The hamlet of Lanffrey below the village halfway to Romainmôtier was abandoned in the 15th century. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Premier became part of the Kastlanei and Landvogtei Romainmôtier. 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 . It was assigned to the Orbe district in 1798. In the years 1884 and 1898, Premier was struck by severe fires.

Web links

Commons : Premier  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 .