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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] |
Vue Aérienne Du Jorat
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Froideville, Vaud
Froideville is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Froideville is first mentioned in 1284 as ''Frigida Villa''. Geography Froideville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.3% 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 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 27.5% is used for growing crops and 10.0% is pastures. The municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulliens
Vulliens is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality has a mayor with Daniel Schorderet since 2002 and four municipal councillors. Geography Vulliens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% 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 made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 26.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vucherens
Vucherens is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Geography Vucherens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Out of the forested land, 21.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.8% is used for gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-Tiercelin
Villars-Tiercelin was a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 Geography Villars-Tiercelin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-Mendraz
Villars-Mendraz is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 Geography Villars-Mendraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 72.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syens
Syens is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Syens is first mentioned in 1018 as ''Ciens''. Geography Syens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% 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 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.0% is used for growing crops and 10.7% is pastures. The municipality was part of the |
Sottens
Sottens is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is known for its radio transmitter for the French language Swiss radio, built in 1931. The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Sottens is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Sotens''.Geography Sottens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.0% is se ...[...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] |
Ropraz
Ropraz is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Ropraz is first mentioned in 1234 as ''Rospraz''. Geography Ropraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.9% 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 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 17.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 49.3% is used for growing crops and 19.5% is pastures, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peney-le-Jorat
Peney-le-Jorat is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is in the south-west of Switzerland, in close proximity to both France and Italy. The villages of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Peney-le-Jorat is first mentioned around 1141-43 as ''Pinoy''.Geography Peney-le-Jorat has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.7% is forested. Of the rest of the lan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montpreveyres
Montpreveyres is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Montpreveyres is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Monteproverio''. In 1177 it was mentioned as ''Montpreuero''. Then in 1167 and again in 1228 it was called ''Mons Presbiteri''. Geography Montpreveyres has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
