Vaumarcus

Vaumarcus
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
District :	No district division
Municipality :	La Grande Béroche
Postal code :	2028
former BFS no. :	6415
Coordinates :	547 824  /  192080 coordinates: 46 ° 52 '40 "  N , 6 ° 45' 15"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and forty-seven thousand eight hundred twenty-four  /  192080
Height :	447  m above sea level M.
Area :	1.78  km²
Residents:	268 (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	151 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.lagrandeberoche.ch
Vaumarcus
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2018

Until December 31, 2017, Vaumarcus was a municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland . The former German name Famergü is no longer used today. From 1875 to 1966 the municipality was officially called Vaumarcus-Vernéaz .

geography

Vaumarcus is 447  m above sea level. M. , 18.2 kilometers as the crow flies southwest of the canton capital Neuchâtel . The next larger city is Yverdon , which is 14.2 kilometers as the crow flies in the southwest. The community extends at the southern foot of the Jura , near the shores of Lake Neuchâtel , south of the mouth of the La Vaux stream .

The area of ​​the former municipal area, which is just 1.8 km² in size, comprises a narrow section on the north-west bank of Lake Neuchâtel. The area extends from the edge of the bank westwards over the height of the Bois de Seyte and the valley of Vernéaz to the eastern slope of Mont Aubert , where at 640  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Vaumarcus is reached. The northern border forms the valley of the Ruisseau de la Vaux brook, which is deepened into the slope. In 1997, 12% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 26% for forests and woodlands and 62% for agriculture.

The hamlet of Vernéaz ( 610  m above sea level ) on the eastern slope of Mont Aubert and some individual farms belonged to the municipality of Vaumarcus . The neighboring communities of Vaumarcus were Saint-Aubin-Sauges and Fresens in the canton of Neuchâtel and Mutrux and Concise in the canton of Vaud .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1949

population

With 268 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2017), Vaumarcus was one of the small communities in the canton of Neuchâtel. 93.2% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.7% German-speaking and 2.1% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). Since 1970 (140 inhabitants) the population of Vaumarcus has increased significantly.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council election were: FDP 38.3%, SP 21.5%, SVP 19.1%, GPS 7.8%, PdA 6.1%, Cadmos 3.5%, CVP 1.7 %, List you vote blanc 1.2%, glp 0.6%, BDP 0%.

economy

Vaumarcus was mainly an agricultural village until the 20th century . Viticulture is practiced on the lower slopes of the Jura (see also the article on Viticulture in Switzerland ), and above that mainly arable farming. There are other jobs in a printing company and in the service sector. In Camp de Vaumarcus, a center on the border between Vaumarcus and Concise, various organizations run summer camps from spring to autumn. Le Camp is a center and meeting place for encounters, further education and holidays. Groups of all kinds will find accommodation there for their work or leisure stay.

traffic

Vaumarcus has good traffic connections. It is located near the main road 5 from Neuchâtel to Yverdon . With the construction of the A5 motorway (Neuchâtel-Yverdon), which was opened to traffic in May 2005, the bank area at Vaumarcus underwent massive changes; the motorway here runs just a few meters from the shores of Lake Neuchâtel . On November 7, 1859, the Neuchâtel – Yverdon railway line was inaugurated with a station in Vaumarcus; However, the train only runs twice a day in the direction of Neuchâtel: in the morning and in the evening. The place is better developed by a bus line that runs between Gorgier and Yverdon.

history

Vaumarcus Castle; View from the motorway

The place was first mentioned in 1194 under the name Vallis Margult , and in 1228 the name Valmarcuel appeared . Margult can probably be traced back to the Germanic personal name Markold or Markwald . The history of the place is closely related to that of Vaumarcus Castle, which was mentioned as early as 1285. In 1308 the poorly maintained castle came to the Counts of Neuchâtel , who restored it. Because the lord of the castle, who belonged to a sideline of the Counts of Neuchâtel, gave shelter to Charles the Bold , the castle was set on fire in 1476 after the Battle of Grandson .

From 1599 Johann-Ulrich von Bonstetten , married to Anne von Neuenburg-Vaumarcus, was at the head of the rule that had been raised to baron four years earlier . From 1675 onwards she was taken over by the descendants of David von Büren (1614–1695) and his wife, a née von Bonstetten, until the fiefdom was replaced in 1831.

From 1648 Neuchâtel was a principality and from 1707 it was linked to the Kingdom of Prussia through personal union. In 1806 the area was ceded to Napoleon I and came to the Swiss Confederation in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , whereby the kings of Prussia until the Neuchâtel trade in 1857 also remained princes of Neuchâtel.

In 1875 the previously independent municipality of Vernéaz was merged with Vaumarcus to form the municipality of Vaumarcus-Vernéaz . In 1966 there was a return to the old community name Vaumarcus , which was lost in the merger with Vernéaz in 1875 .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in La Grande Béroche

Vaumarcus Castle stands on a ledge above the valley of the La Vaux stream. It was rebuilt after 1476. The newer part of the castle with a large terrace was added in 1773. The castle, which was extensively restored in the middle of the 20th century, now houses the municipal administration and also serves as a gastronomic and cultural center. Vaumarcus does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Saint-Aubin-Sauges .

Web links

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

• Official website of the Municipality of Vaumarcus (French)
• Vaumarcus Castle
• Aerial photography
• Olivier Girardbille: Vaumarcus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election du Conseil National du October 18, 2015, Résultats des partis - Les suffrages. (aspx) (No longer available online.) Chancellerie d'État neuchâtelois, October 18, 2015, archived from the original on November 1, 2015 ; Retrieved October 30, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.