Rossens VD

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

Rossens

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Broye-Vully

Municipality :

Villarzel VD

Postal code :

1554

former BFS no. :

5823

Coordinates :

560 530 / 176 109 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '6 " N , 6 ° 55' 20" O ; CH1903: 560.53 thousand / 176109

Height :

721 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.13 km²

Residents:

44 (December 31, 2005)

Population density :

39 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on June 30, 2006

Rossens (VD) was a municipality in the Broye-Vully district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until June 30, 2006 . On July 1, 2006, Rossens was merged with Villarzel and Sédeilles to form the new municipality of Villarzel .

geography

Rossens is 721 m above sea level. M. , ten kilometers south of the district capital Payerne (straight line). The scattered settlement extends on a slope inclined to the north-west east of the Broye valley , in the eastern Swiss Plateau .

The area of the former municipal area, which was just 1.1 km² in size, comprised a section of the hill country between the central Broyetal and the Glânetal . The western part is drained by a brook that flows into the Broye at Marnand . To the south-east, the community soil extended over the slope of Rossens and the Bois des Crêts ( 791 m above sea level, the highest point of Rossens) to the headwaters of the Arbogne . The southern border ran along the edge of the forest of Forêt de Farzin . In 1997, 6% of the former municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 11% for forests and woodlands and 83% for agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Rossens. Neighboring communities of Rossens were Villarzel , Sédeilles and Villars-Bramard .

population

With 44 inhabitants (at the end of 2005), Rossens was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 95.7% of the residents are French-speaking and 4.3% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Rossens was 77 in 1900. During the 20th century the population steadily decreased.

economy

Rossens still lives mainly from agriculture , especially from agriculture and cattle breeding . Outside the primary sector there are no jobs in the village.

traffic

Rossens has good transport links. It is on the connecting road from Payerne to Romont . Rossens is connected to the public transport network through the Postbus courses that run on the Romont-Payerne and Romont-Avry routes.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1286 under the name Rossans , in 1722 the name Rossan appeared . The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal name Röß or Rozzo and means for the people of the Röß / Rozzo .

Since the Middle Ages , Rossens was part of the Villarzel lordship, which belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Moudon . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Rossens 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 Payerne district.

After the voters of Rossens had voted with a large majority in favor of the municipality merger, the merger of Rossens with Sédeilles and Villarzel to form the new enlarged municipality of Villarzel took effect on July 1, 2006 .

Rossens does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Villarzel.

Attractions

Web links

Emmanuel Abetel: Rossens (VD). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .