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Tévenon
Tévenon is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Before 2011, Tévenon, a municipality that is also known as "Pied-de-la-Côte", was made up of 4 different municipalities: Villars-Burquin, Vaugondry, Romairon, and Fontanezier. Romairon and Fontanezier were first mentioned in the 15th century. In 1897, a church was built in Villars-Burquin and a parish was created in the four municipalities in order to bring ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tévenon
Tévenon is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Before 2011, Tévenon, a municipality that is also known as "Pied-de-la-Côte", was made up of 4 different municipalities: Villars-Burquin, Vaugondry, Romairon, and Fontanezier. Romairon and Fontanezier were first mentioned in the 15th century. In 1897, a church was built in Villars-Burquin and a parish was created in the four municipalities in order to bring ...[...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] |
Fontanezier
Fontanezier is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Retrieved 17 February 2011 History Fontanezier is first mentioned in 1403 as ''Fontanisy''.Geography Fontanezier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.4% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaugondry
Vaugondry is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 Geography Vaugondry has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.4% is settled (buildings or roads).2009 data accessed 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romairon
Romairon is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Romairon is first mentioned in 1403 as ''Romeyron''.Geography Romairon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-Burquin
Villars-Burquin is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Fontanezier, Romairon, Vaugondry and Villars-Burquin merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Tévenon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 Geography Villars-Burquin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 61.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.4% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour. Vaud is the third largest canton of the country by population and fourth by size. It is located in Romandy, the French-speaking western part of the country; and borders the canton of Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Fribourg and Bern to the east, the canton of Valais to the south, the canton of Geneva to the south-west and France to the west. The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains, the Swiss Plateau and the (Swiss) Alps. It also includes some of the largest lakes of the country: Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchâtel. It is a major tourist destination, renowned for its landscapes and gastronomy. The largest city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353–1481) and ('Thirteen Cantons', from 1513–1798).rendered "the 'confederacy of eight'" and "the 'Thirteen-Canton Confederation'", respectively, in: Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or ('estate', from ), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of centralised government during the Helvetic Republic ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Switzerland
Municipalities (german: Gemeinden, ' or '; french: communes; it , comuni; rm, vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,136 municipalities . Their populations range between several hundred thousand (Zürich), and a few dozen people (Kammersrohr, Bister), and their territory between 0.32 km² (Rivaz) and 439 km² (Scuol). History The beginnings of the modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic. Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws. The creation of a uniform Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontaines-sur-Grandson
Fontaines-sur-Grandson is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Fontaines-sur-Grandson is first mentioned in 1011 as ''Fontanes''. Geography Fontaines-sur-Grandson has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 46.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.6% is covered w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandson, Switzerland
Grandson () is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is situated on the south-west tip of Lake Neuchâtel, about 25 km (15 miles) north of Lausanne. It was part of the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy until the death of Rudolph III of Burgundy (993-1032), also King of Lower Burgundy, the last in the male line, when it was united with the Holy Roman Empire. On 2 March 1476, during the Burgundian Wars, Charles the Bold was defeated here in the Battle of Grandson. History The Grandson family is first mentioned in the second half of the 11th century as ''Grancione''. The town was first mentioned around 1100 as ''de castro Grancione''. Around 1126 it was mentioned as ''castri Grandissoni'' and in 1154 it was called ''apud Grantionem''. Prehistoric settlements In May 1895 a farmer discovered a buried underground menhir weighing about three tons and about tall in Les Echâtelards. The monolith now stands in the vicinity of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
