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Essertes
Essertes is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipality of Essertes merged into Oron. History Essertes is first mentioned in 1154 as ''terram de Sartis''. In 1271 it was mentioned as ''de Essertes''. Geography Essertes has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, 10.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.1% i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavaux-Oron District
Lavaux-Oron District is a district in the canton of Vaud. Geography Lavaux-Oron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.9% is unproductive land. 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Demographics Lavaux-Oron has a population () of . In there were 419 live births to Swiss citizens and 127 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 463 deaths of Swiss citizens and 38 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 44 while the foreign population increased by 89. There were 16 Swiss men and 6 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 391 non- ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forel (Lavaux)
Forel is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. History The oldest document mentioning the area around Forel (Lavaux) is dated 1140, and mentions Guy de Maligny, the bishop of Lausanne, owning the land with the Lac de Joux Abbey. The document mentioning the forests of Forel (''Fores'') dates to 1274. In 1300 it was mentioned as ''Forel''. In 1298, Pierre and Garnier de Palézieux bought the hamlet of Forel (known today as the "In Forel") and the surrounding forests from Louis I of Savoy. Two years later, the same Baron of Vaud sold the land to the bishop of Lausanne and it became part of the district of the Grande Paroisse de Villette. After the departure of Lausanne's last prince-bishop in 1536, and the lands came under the administration of Bern, and established the district known as the Place General de Villette. It was not until 1601 that a representative of the farming area of Forel was invited to join the district council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servion
Servion () is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Les Cullayes merged on 1 January 2012 into Servion.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 History Servion is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Salvion'' and as ''Salviun''.Geography Servion has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.9% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oron District
Oron District was one of the districts of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 2003 the former municipality of La Rogivue merged into the municipality of Maracon. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Les Cullayes, Ecoteaux, Essertes, Ferlens, Maracon, Mézières, Montpreveyres, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Servion, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres, and Vuibroye came from the District d'Oron to join the Lavaux-Oron District. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Carrouge, Corcelles-le-Jorat, Ropraz, and Vulliens came from the District d'Oron to join the Broye-Vully District. * On 1 September 2006 the municipality of Peney-le-Jorat came from the District d'Oron to join the Gros-de-Vaud District. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorat (Switzerland)
The Jorat (German: "der Jurten") is the area of the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) located between the Gros-de-Vaud, West and the Broye, East. Geography It is a hill range that stretches from above Lausanne at the South and stretches toward Payerne at the North. Every stretch of land above 700 meters of altitude AMSL constitutes the mainly forest area called "Jorat". The culminating point is the Montagne du Château (929 meters). Villages Strictly speaking, the Jorat comprises 18 villages, with a lot of agriculture : * Carrouge, * Corcelles-le-Jorat, * Les Cullayes, * Essertes, * Ferlens, * Froideville, Vaud, Froideville, * Hermenches, * Mézières (Vaud), Mézières, * Montpreveyres, * Peney-le-Jorat, * Ropraz, * Servion, * Sottens, * Syens * Villars-Mendraz, * Villars-Tiercelin, * Vucherens, * Vulliens. Stretching somewhat the definition, some 20 villages could be added to the above listing. See also * Swiss Plateau {{Coord, 46, 34, 56, N, 6, 41, 28, E, region:CH-VD_ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuibroye
Vuibroye is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 Geography Vuibroye had an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châtillens
Châtillens is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 History Châtillens is first mentioned in 1141 as ''Castellens''.Geography Châtillens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.5% is settled (buildings or ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auboranges
Auboranges ( frp, Ôborenjos, locally ) is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Auboranges is first mentioned in 1155 as ''Alburengens''. Geography Auboranges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 80.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 43.5% is used for growing crops and 36.8% is pastures. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oron, Vaud
Oron () is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2012 when the former municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 On 1 January 2022 the former municipality of merged into Oron. History Bussigny-sur-Oron is first mentioned in 1433 as ''Bussignye''. In 1517 it was mentioned in a land registry of Count ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, currently Alain Berset and Simonetta Sommaruga. As of September 2019, the SP is the second largest political party in the Federal Assembly. Unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP is the largest pro-European party in Switzerland and supports Swiss membership of the European Union. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to capitalism and main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
