Rances VD

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

Rances
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5760
Postal code :	1439
Coordinates :	530606  /  179161 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '36 "  N , 6 ° 31' 49"  O ; CH1903:  530606  /  179161
Height :	564  m above sea level M.
Height range :	459–1587 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.83  km²
Residents:	481 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.rances.ch
Rances VD
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Rances is 564  m above sea level. M. , 4 km north of Orbe and 8 km west-southwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The farming village extends on the edge of the Jura foot plateau between the Orbe plain and the Jura, north of the valley of the Mujon .

The area of ​​the 9.8 km² municipal area includes a section of the Jura foot plateau and the Vaud Jura. The municipality floor extends in a narrow strip from the Bois de Vuavre ( 515  m above sea level ) westward over the valley of the Mujon, the plateau and the steep Jura slope to the anticline of the Suchet . The Suchet forms with 1588  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Rances. A small part of the municipality lies west of this mountain in the catchment area of ​​the Jougnena , a tributary of the Orbe. On the Suchet chain there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was settled, 36% forest and woodland, 59% agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Numerous individual farms belong to Rances, which are widely scattered on the plateau and on the Jura heights. The neighboring municipalities of Rances are Baulmes in the north, Champvent in the north- east, Mathod in the south-east, Valeyres-sous-Rances in the south-south-east, Sergey in the south and L'Abergement in the south-west and west .

population

With 481 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Rances is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 96.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 1.2% German-speaking and 0.7% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Rances was 493 in 1900. After that, strong emigration was recorded until 1970 (314 inhabitants). Since then, the population has increased significantly again.

economy

Rances is still an agricultural village today . There is a wine-growing area on the southern slope below the village . Agriculture is practiced on the fertile soils of the Jura foot plateau , while livestock and dairy farming predominate on the Jura heights . The local small business offers additional jobs. Since Rances has gradually developed into a residential community in recent decades, many workers are commuters who work primarily in Orbe or Yverdon .

traffic

Although the community is located away from the major thoroughfares, it is easy to reach via the Orbe connection to the A9 motorway , which is around 3 km away . Rances is connected to the public transport network by the two post bus lines Yverdon - Orbe and Orbe - Baulmes .

history

The municipality of Rances was settled very early, which is attested by finds of shell stones, settlement remains from the Bronze Age and burial mounds from the Iron Age . The place was first mentioned in writing in 973 under the name Rancias . At that time Rances belonged to the Pagus (Gau) of Yverdon in the Kingdom of Burgundy . In the Middle Ages , the place was part of the lordship of Les Clées . In 1548 almost the entire village except the church and a few surrounding houses fell victim to a conflagration.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Rances became part of the Kastlanei Les Clées under the Landvogtei 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 . It was assigned to the Orbe district in 1798.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rances

The church of Saint-Sulpice, first mentioned in 1228, was the most important church in Les Clées in the Middle Ages. After a partial collapse in 1820, it was largely rebuilt. The tithe barn dates from 1597. In the densely built-up town center, some typical farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.

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  Entrance

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  church

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  Farmhouses in the town center

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  village street

Personalities

• Sacha Margairaz (* 1980), Swiss football player
• Xavier Margairaz (* 1984), Swiss football player

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Rances (French)
• Mireille David-Elbiali, Emmanuel Abetel: Rances. 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 .