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Molondin
Molondin is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Molondin is first mentioned in 1380 as ''Mollondens'' and ''Mollendens''. Geography Molondin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.4% 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 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.0% is used for growing cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yverdon District
Yverdon District was a district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until 2006 when it was dissolved. It was divided into the Cercles of Molondin, Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Yverdon and Champvent. The district consisted of 38 municipalities, is 156.68 km² in area and was home to 34,929 inhabitants at the end of 2003. Mergers and name changes * On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray. * On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Belmont-sur-Yverdon, Bioley-Magnoux, Chamblon, Champvent, Chanéaz, Chavannes-le-Chêne, Chêne-Pâquier, Cheseaux-Noréaz, Cronay, Cuarny, Démoret, Donneloye, Épendes (VD), Essert-Pittet, Essert-sous-Champvent, Gossens, Gressy, Mathod, Mézery-près-Donneloye, Molondin, Montagny-près-Yverdon, Orges, Orzens, Pomy, Prahins, Rovray, Suchy, Suscévaz, Treycovagnes, Ursins, Valeyres-sous-Montagny, Valeyres-sous-Ursins, Villars-Epeney, Villars-sous-Champvent, Vugelles-La Mothe, Yverdon-les-Bains, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonand
Yvonand is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois (former Yverdon) of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Neuchâtel the village has a population of almost 2,500 which may rise to 7,000 in summer, due to the popularity of the sandy beaches, which gently shelve into the lake. History Yvonand has a long tradition of settlement. Approximately 4,000 years BC, the caves in the Vallon of Vaux were used as first places of settlement. Some cave paintings date from this time. In the Bronze Age, settlements were made of wooden stakes in Yvonand bay. The area around Yvonand village was settled during the Roman era, on the road between Eburodunum (Yverdon) and Aventicum (Avenches). At Mordagne to the west of the Mentue, the foundation walls of a Roman villa were excavated, which was established around 100 years after Christ. The traces of a settlement, to which a Heiligtum (a Gallo-Roman temple) also belonged, was probably inhabited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura-North Vaudois District
Jura-Nord Vaudois District (french: district du Jura-Nord vaudois) is a district in Vaud canton of Switzerland. Its capital is Yverdon-les-Bains. Geography Jura-Nord vaudois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Jura-Nord vaudois has a population () of . In there were 605 live births to Swiss citizens and 195 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 608 deaths of Swiss citizens and 48 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chêne-Pâquier
Chêne-Pâquier is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Pâquier is first mentioned in 1462 as ''Pascua''. In 1517 it was mentioned as ''Pasquier'' and in 1550, Chêne was mentioned as ''loz Chanoz''. Geography Chêne-Pâquier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.2% 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 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 22.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Démoret
Démoret is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Démoret is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Donmores''. In 1453 it was mentioned as ''Demoret''. Geography Démoret has an area, , of . Of this area, or 78.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.7% 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 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 72.1% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donneloye
Donneloye is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Donneloye is first mentioned in 1150 as ''Donnolui''. In the 12th century the village was dominated by a branch of a noble family from Goumoens by the name of Donneloye. The river Mentue flows through the commune. The first stone bridge over this river was built during the Bernese period in 1754. Later becoming too narrow, it was widened in 1892 to form the present bridge on the Yverdon/Moudon road. On 11 March 2007, the community decided to merge their commune with those of the neighbouring Gossens and Mézery-près-Donneloye communes, with effect from 1 January 2008. The municipality of Prahins merged on 1 January 2012 into Donneloye.Amtliches Gemeindeverz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mézery-près-Donneloye
Mézery-près-Donneloye was a municipality in the district of Yverdon of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On January 1, 2008 it merged with Donneloye and Gossens to form Donneloye Donneloye is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Donneloye is first mentioned in 1150 as ''Donnolui''. In the 12th century the village was dominated by a branch of a noble family fro ....Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 References Former municipalities of the canton ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prahins
Prahins is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Prahins merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Donneloye.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 History Prahins is first mentioned in 1186 as ''Prehes''.Geography Prahins had an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovray
Rovray is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Rovray is first mentioned around 1403–1409 as ''Roueraye''. Arrissoules is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Arresules''. On 1 January 2005 the former municipality of Arrissoules merged into the municipality of Rovray, which kept the name Rovray. Geography Rovray has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% 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 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavannes-le-Chêne
Chavannes-le-Chêne is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Chavannes-le-Chêne is first mentioned in 1334 as ''Chavanes''. Geography Chavannes-le-Chêne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 82.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% 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 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural la ... [...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] |
