Vugelles-La Mothe

Vugelles-La Mothe
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5937
Postal code :	1431
Coordinates :	534291  /  186 192 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '25 "  N , 6 ° 34' 39"  O ; CH1903:  534291  /  one hundred eighty-six thousand one hundred ninety-two
Height :	520  m above sea level M.
Height range :	497-1060 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.07  km²
Residents:	131 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.vugelleslamothe.ch
Vugelles
Location of the municipality

Vugelles-La Mothe is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Vugelles-La Mothe is 7 km northwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (beeline). The two villages Vugelles ( 520  m above sea level ) and La Mothe ( 548  m above sea level ) are located in the valley of the Arnon , at the southern foot of the Jura , at the foot of the Chasseron .

The area of ​​the 3.1 km² municipal area includes a small section on the southern slope of the Jura. The southern part of the municipality is crossed from west to east by the valley of the Arnon, which here runs parallel to the Jura. To the south of this valley, the communal soil extends to the plateau in front of the Jura (up to 580  m above sea level ). To the north, the area extends up the steep slope of the Jura to the forest clearing La Crochère , on which at 1050  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Vugelles-La Mothe is reached. The southern slope of the Jura ( Côte de Vugelles ) is wooded in the area of ​​Vugelles-La Mothe and partly crossed by rock faces. The three sources Fontannets de La Mothe arise on the lower slopes of the Jura . In 1997, 60% of the municipal area was accounted for by forests and woodlands, 35% by agriculture, 4% by settlements, and just over 1% was unproductive land.

The double community consists of the two villages Vugelles and La Mothe and several individual farms. Neighboring municipalities to Vugelles-La Mothe are Novalles , Giez , Orges , Vuiteboeuf and Bullet .

population

With 131 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Vugelles-La Mothe is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 81.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 14.1% German-speaking and 2.0% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Vugelles-La Mothe was still 349 in 1900. After the population had decreased by 70% to 108 people (1960) due to strong emigration in the first half of the 20th century, the number of inhabitants has remained fairly stable since then.

economy

Until the end of the 19th century, Vugelles-La Mothe was predominantly an agricultural municipality. In 1526 Vaud's first paper mill was founded on the Arnon. Towards the end of the 19th century, the community experienced an economic boom when a bell foundry, a music box factory and a gemstone cutting shop opened. After production in these companies had to be stopped as a result of the economic crisis of the 1930s, there was massive emigration.

Today agriculture and animal husbandry have again an important role in the income structure of the population. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades, Vugelles-La Mothe has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Yverdon area .

traffic

The community is located away from the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Vuiteboeuf along the foot of the Jura to Fontaines-sur-Grandson . Vugelles-La Mothe is also easily accessible from Yverdon . Vugelles and La Mothe are connected to the public transport network by a post bus that runs from Yverdon to Novalles .

history

The first written mention of Vugelles took place in 1228 under the name Vouzela . Later the names Wouzala (1260), Vougala (1370), Vougella (1403) and Vougellaz (1453) appeared. The place name is derived from the regional dialect form vouerdze (green alder). La Mothe was also first mentioned in 1228 as La Mottaz , which means something like fortified hill .

Vugelles and La Mothe initially belonged to the Champvent rule in the Middle Ages . At the beginning of the 14th century the villages were separated from this rule and the new rule La Mothe was established. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Vugelles-La Mothe came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Yverdon . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the municipality 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 Yverdon district. Until 1849, Vugelles-La Mothe formed a large municipality to which the villages of Orges and Longeville also belonged.

Attractions

The reformed parish church in Vugelles was built in the pre-Reformation period and later redesigned several times. On a small hill near La Mothe are the remains of the wall of the 14th century castle of the La Mothe manor.

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  Entrance to Vugelles

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  La Croix Fédérale

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  Dorfstrasse and parish church

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  village street

Web links

Commons : Vugelles-La Mothe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Vugelles-La Mothe (French)
• Philippe Heubi: Vugelles-La Mothe. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of Vugelles

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 .