Villars-le-Grand

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Vaud (VD)

District :

Broye-Vully

Municipality :

Vully-les-Lacs

Postal code :

1584

former BFS no. :

5463

Coordinates :

565 797 / 195 006 coordinates: 46 ° 54 '19 " N , 6 ° 59' 23" O ; CH1903: 565 797 / 195006

Height :

473 m above sea level M.

Area :

4.21 km²

Residents:

282 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

67 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.vully-les-lacs.ch

map

Parish before the merger on June 30, 2011

Villars-le-Grand was a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . On July 1, 2011, Villars-le-Grand became part of the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs . The former German name Grosswiler is no longer used today. Villars-le-Grand forms a unit with the village of Les Friques . The houses of Les Friques to the east of Dorfstrasse belong to Villars-le-Grand, while those to the west formed an independent municipality in the canton of Friborg until 1991 , but are now incorporated into Saint-Aubin .

geography

Villars-le-Grand lies at 473 m above sea level. M. , ten kilometers northeast of the district capital Payerne (linear distance ). The Haufendorf extends on the south side of the ridge between the Neuchâtel and Broyeebene : a scenic spot, about 40 m above the plane, in the Swiss plateau .

The area of the 4.2 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Broye plain. The communal soil extends from the canalized Broye northward over the intensely agricultural plain, which is also flowed through by the Petite Glâne , to the adjoining broad molasse ridge. On the Haut d'Etrey is 520 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Villars-le-Grand reached. In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was in settlements, 3% in forests and woodlands, 88% in agriculture and a little less than 2% was unproductive land.

The eastern part of the village of Les Friques and some individual farms belong to Villars-le-Grand . Villars-le-Grand's neighboring communities were Chabrey , Montmagny and Avenches in the canton of Vaud and Saint-Aubin and Delley-Portalban in the canton of Friborg.

population

With 282 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010) Villars-le-Grand was one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 90.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 8.3% German-speaking and 0.7% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Villars-le-Grand was 424 in 1860, compared to 390 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 259 by 1980, a slight increase has been registered since then.

economy

Villars-le-Grand was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming and fruit growing play an important role in the income structure of the population; viticulture was also practiced earlier . Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Some workers are commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is on the connecting road from Avenches to Cudrefin . The Avenches motorway junction on the A1 ( Lausanne - Bern ) is around 4 km from the town center. Villars-le-Grand is connected to the public transport network by a postbus course that runs from Avenches to Cudrefin.

history

The municipality was already settled in the Bronze Age and was later crossed by a Roman road. The first written mention of the place took place in the 12th century under the name Vilario en Williex . In 1246 the name Uilar appeared . Until the 18th century the village was also called Villars-en-Vully . The place name goes back to the late Latin word villare (hamlet, farmstead).

In the Middle Ages , Villars-le-Grand was owned by the Bishop of Sion, who sold his property on Mont Vully to Peter of Savoy around 1250 . Since then the village has belonged to the Kastlanei Cudrefin. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Villars-le-Grand came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Avenches . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village was annexed to the canton of Friborg during the Helvetic period in 1798 . When the Mediation Constitution came into force in 1803, Villars-le-Grand was reassigned to the canton of Vaud as an exclave, together with what is now the Avenches district.

Attractions

The current Reformed Church was built by Samuel Jenner in 1690 on the site of the 14th century Saint-Laurent chapel. The church was restored in 1991 and 1992. In the center of the village there is an isolated tower that was built in 1764 as a clock tower. Villars-le-Grand also has a manor house, the core of which dates back to the Middle Ages, but was remodeled in the 17th century.

Web links

Commons : Villars-le-Grand - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Community information
Gilbert Marion: Villars-le-Grand. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Aerial views of the village