Vuiteboeuf

Vuiteboeuf
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Jura north vaudois
BFS no. :	5766
Postal code :	1445
Coordinates :	532 109  /  184 487 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '29 "  N , 6 ° 32' 57"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred thirty-two thousand one hundred and nine  /  184487
Height :	589  m above sea level M.
Height range :	487–1156 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.06  km²
Residents:	589 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.vuiteboeuf.ch
Vuiteboeuf
Location of the municipality

Vuiteboeuf is a municipality in the Jura-Nord vaudois district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Vuiteboeuf is 589  m above sea level. M. , 7 km west-northwest of the district capital Yverdon-les-Bains (linear distance). The village extends at the mouth of the Baumine in the Arnon , below the Gorges de Covatanne , in a valley at the southern foot of the Jura .

The area of ​​the 5.0 km² municipal area includes a section of the Jura foot plateau. The communal soil extends from the Brine valley over the south-east sloping plateau to the Arnon, which flows parallel to the mountains directly at the foot of the Jura. In the north the area extends up the steep slope of the foremost Jura chain ( Côte de Vugelles ), while in the west the slope of Mont de Baulmes still belongs to Vuiteboeuf. At 1160  m above sea level M. the highest point of the community is reached here. In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was settled, 42% forest and woodland, 50% agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Vuiteboeuf includes the village of Peney ( 565  m above sea level ) on the Jura foot plateau above the Brine and a few individual farms. The neighboring communities of Vuiteboeuf are in the north-west Sainte-Croix , in the north Bullet , in the north-east Vugelles-La Mothe , in the east Orges , in the south Champvent and in the south-west Baulmes .

population

With 589 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Vuiteboeuf is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 88.0% of the residents speak French, 2.9% speak Portuguese and 2.2% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Vuiteboeuf was 465 in 1870. After that, due to strong emigration, a decrease of more than 50% to 228 inhabitants was recorded until 1980, since then the population has increased significantly again.

economy

Until the end of the 19th century, Vuiteboeuf was mainly an agricultural village. There have been several mills and sawmills on the Arnon since the 17th century. A musical box factory existed from the end of the 19th century to 1960. Today the population lives from local small businesses and agriculture, with arable farming predominating. There is also an electricity company. In the last few decades Vuiteboeuf has developed into a residential community. Numerous workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Yverdon .

traffic

The municipality is located on the main road from Yverdon to Sainte-Croix . On November 27, 1893, the narrow-gauge railway Chemin de fer Yverdon - Ste-Croix was put into operation. The train station is located outside the village, halfway between Vuiteboeuf and Peney. In addition, Vuiteboeuf is served by the Postbus course that runs from Yverdon to Novalles .

history

The community area was settled very early, which is attested by the finds of burial mounds from the early Iron Age . The first written mention of the place took place in 1024 under the name Vaitibo , in 1405 the name Vuitebo appeared . The place name is derived from the Germanic vardô ( guard , guard ) and the Latin bos ( ox , ox ).

Vuiteboeuf has belonged to the Grandson rule since the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the district on the right bank of the Arnon came to the Landvogtei Yverdon, the left bank to the Bailiwick of Grandson. In 1798 a battle between the revolutionaries from Vaud and France and the loyal residents of Grandson was fought near Vuiteboeuf, which ended in the latter's defeat. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village belonged as part of the Grandson district from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Léman, which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1803 Vuiteboeuf was assigned to the Orbe district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Vuiteboeuf

The former parish church in Peney was demolished in 1907 except for the tower after a new church had been built on the outskirts of Vuiteboeuf in 1904. At the height to the right of the valley of the Baumine are the ruins of the Château des Tours, which once belonged to the Lords of Grandson and was destroyed during the Burgundian Wars.

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  Vuitebœuf Church

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  Former church tower in Peney

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  Peney village center

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Vuiteboeuf (French)
• Chantal Lafontant: Vuiteboeuf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

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 .