Rossenges

Rossenges
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Broye-Vully
BFS no. :	5684
Postal code :	1513
Coordinates :	549 284  /  166961 coordinates: 46 ° 39 '7 "  N , 6 ° 46' 34"  O ; CH1903:  549284  /  166961
Height :	662  m above sea level M.
Height range :	583–748 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.08  km²
Residents:	65 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	60 inhabitants per km²
Rossenges
Location of the municipality

Rossenges is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Rossenges lies at 662  m above sea level. M. , 22.5 km southwest of the district capital Payerne (linear distance). The small village extends on a Molassehöhenzug northeast of the Jorat , west of the Valley of the Broye , in the Eastern Vaud Plateau .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​just 1.1 km² covers a section of the Molasse height, which is bounded in the northwest by the Mérine, in the east by the Broye and in the south by the Bressonne . However, the municipal area does not reach as far as these rivers, but is restricted to the clearing island at the height. The plateau of Rossenges rises to the west and reaches Le Mont 720  m above sea level on the corridor . M. , on the edge of the forest Bois Bataillard 744  m above sea level. M. (highest point of Rossenges) and on the plateau La Doreire 709  m above sea level. M. In 1997, 2% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 4% for forests and woodlands and 94% for agriculture.

The hamlet of L'Abbaye (de Rossenges) ( 683  m above sea level ) on the slope northwest of the village belongs to Rossenges . The neighboring municipalities of Rossenges are Moudon , Syens and Hermenches .

population

With 65 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Rossenges is one of the smallest communities in the canton of Vaud. 94.1% of the residents are French-speaking and 5.9% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Rossenges was still 94 in 1900. After that, a decrease of around 50% to 46 inhabitants was recorded by 1990 due to strong emigration; since then the population has increased again slightly.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Rossenges was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. There are hardly any jobs in the village outside of the primary sector. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who mainly work in Moudon.

traffic

The community is located off the main thoroughfares, but can be easily reached from Moudon . Rossenges is connected to the public transport network through a postbus course that runs from Moudon via Villars-Mendraz to Thierrens .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in the year 1309. The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal name Röß or Rozzo and means for the people of the Röß / Rozzo . Since it was first mentioned, Rossenges belonged to the Moudon, which was under Savoyard rule. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . It was not until 1749 that Rossenges became an independent municipality from Moudon. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Rossenges 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 Moudon district.

literature

• Monique Fontannaz, Brigitte Pradervand: Le district de la Broye-Vully 1. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 128). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 2015, pp. 90–91, ISBN 978-3-03797-180-2 .

Web links

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

• Community information
• Emmanuel Abetel: Rossenges. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .