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Grandcour
Grandcour is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Grandcour is first mentioned in 1212 as ''apud grancort''. Geography Grandcour has an area, , of . Of this area, or 78.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 69.3% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandcour Castle
Grandcour Castle is a castle in the municipality of Grandcour of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. See also * List of castles in Switzerland * Château A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ... References Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud Castles in Vaud {{Switzerland-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broye-Vully District
Broye-Vully District (french: District de la Broye-Vully) is a district in Vaud Canton in Switzerland. Geography Broye-Vully has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 2.0% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Demographics Broye-Vully has a population () of . In there were 280 live births to Swiss citizens and 116 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 277 deaths of Swiss citizens and 19 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 whil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payerne District
Payerne District was a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Mergers and name changes * On 1 July 2006, Rossens and Sédeilles merged into the municipality of Villarzel. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Cerniaz (VD), Champtauroz, Chevroux, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Corcelles-près-Payerne, Grandcour, Granges-près-Marnand, Henniez, Marnand, Missy, Payerne, Sassel, Seigneux, Trey, Treytorrens (Payerne), Villars-Bramard and Villarzel came from the District de Payerne to join the Broye-Vully District.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Municipalities * Cerniaz * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payerne
Payerne (; frp, Payèrna) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully. The German name ''Peterlingen'' for the town is out of use. History The earliest traces of settlements near Payerne include Neolithic objects and traces of a Bronze Age settlement. There are also burial mounds from the Hallstatt and Latène cultures, including gold necklaces which were found at Le Bois de Roverex. There was a Celtic bridge and a Roman era road in the area of Les Aventuri. There were Roman buildings within and outside the city walls, Roman cemeteries, and a dedicatory inscription of Publius Graccius Paternus. During the Early Middle Ages, the village of Payerne first appeared. In 587, Bishop Marius built the villa Paterniacum and a Chapel to St. Mary in the village. The chapel later developed into a parish church. The present Gothic building was built in the 14th Century over Roman foundatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corcelles-près-Payerne
Corcelles-près-Payerne is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Corcelles-près-Payerne is first mentioned in 1235 as ''Corsales''. Geography Corcelles-près-Payerne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.7% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.9% of the total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forel, Fribourg
Vernay () is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the merger of the municipalities of Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 The administrative seat is in Forel. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Vernay, Bussy, , Morens, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gletterens
Gletterens () is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is home to the Les Grèves prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Gletterens is first mentioned in 1239 as ''Lieterins''. Geography Gletterens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 12.3% is unproductive land. 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rueyres-les-Prés
Rueyres-les-Prés (; frp, Ruêres-les-Prâts ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Rueyres-les-Prés, Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer. History Rueyres-les-Prés is first mentioned in 1288 as ''en Ruere''. Geography Rueyres-les-Prés had an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallon, Switzerland
Vallon is a municipality located in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. History Vallon is first mentioned in 1200 as ''Valum''. Geography Vallon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 88.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 78.6% is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevroux, Switzerland
Chevroux is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Chevroux is first mentioned in 1286 as ''Chevroth''. Geography As of 2009, Chevroux has an area of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 23.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inventory Of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on the Ordinance and consolidated/translated as follows: *city: german: Stadt, Stadt/Flecken, it, città, french: ville *town: german: Kleinstadt, Kleinstadt (Flecken), it, borgo, borgo/cittadina, french: petite ville *urbanized village: german: verstädtertes Dorf, it, villaggio urbanizzato, french: village urbanisé, rm, vischnanca urbanisada *village: german: Dorf, it, villaggio, french: village, rm, vischnanca *hamlet: german: Weiler, it, frazione, frazione (casale), french: hameau, rm, aclaun *special case: german: Spezialfall, it, caso particolare, french: cas particulier, cas spécial, rm, cas spezial References * External links ISOS* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage Sites Heritage registers in Switzerland Switzerland geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearth Tax
A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period, levied on each hearth, thus by proxy on wealth. It was calculated based on the number of hearths, or fireplaces, within a municipal area and is considered among the first types of progressive tax. Hearth tax was levied in the Byzantine Empire from the 9th century, France and England from the 14th century, and finally in Scotland and Ireland in the 17th century. History Byzantine Empire In the Byzantine Empire a tax on hearths, known as ''kapnikon'', was first explicitly mentioned for the reign of Nicephorus I (802–811), although its context implies that it was already then old and established and perhaps it should be taken back to the 7th century AD. Kapnikon was a tax levied on households without exceptions for the poor.Haldon, John F. (1997) ''Byzantium in the Seventh Century: the Transformation of a Culture''. Cambridge University Press. France In the 1340s especially, the Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
