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Jorat-Menthue is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of
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 b ...
in
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 ...
. The municipalities of
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 t ...
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Montaubion-Chardonney Montaubion-Chardonney was 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 th ...
,
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, Montaubio ...
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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 ...
and
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-Ch ...
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

Montaubion-Chardonney is first mentioned in 1200 as ''in Monte Albeonis''. In 1223 Montaubion was mentioned as ''Montalbium'' and in 1223 Chardonney was mentioned as ''Chardenai''. Sottens is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Sotens''. Peney-le-Jorat is first mentioned around 1141-43 as ''Pinoy''.


Geography

Jorat-Menthue has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), is either rivers or lakes and is unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010


Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1300 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0 Colors= id:ME value:yellowgreen legend:Villars-Mendraz id:TI value:green legend:Villars-Tiercelin id:MO value:blue legend:Montaubion-Chardonney id:SO value:red legend:Sottens id:PE value:yellow legend:Peney-le-Jorat PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:200 text:"200" color:ME bar:1860 from: 0 till:162 text:"162" color:ME bar:1870 from: 0 till:133 text:"133" color:ME bar:1880 from: 0 till:139 text:"139" color:ME bar:1890 from: 0 till:140 text:"140" color:ME bar:1900 from: 0 till:137 text:"137" color:ME bar:1910 from: 0 till:139 text:"139" color:ME bar:1920 from: 0 till:147 text:"147" color:ME bar:1930 from: 0 till:137 text:"137" color:ME bar:1940 from: 0 till:120 text:"120" color:ME bar:1950 from: 0 till:112 text:"112" color:ME bar:1960 from: 0 till:105 text:"105" color:ME bar:1970 from: 0 till:84 text:"84" color:ME bar:1980 from: 0 till:104 text:"104" color:ME bar:1990 from: 0 till:153 text:"153" color:ME bar:2000 from: 0 till:190 text:"190" color:ME bar:1850 from: 200 till:471 text:"271" color:TI bar:1860 from: 162 till:413 text:"251" color:TI bar:1870 from: 133 till:411 text:"278" color:TI bar:1880 from: 139 till:373 text:"234" color:TI bar:1890 from: 140 till:410 text:"270" color:TI bar:1900 from: 137 till:385 text:"248" color:TI bar:1910 from: 139 till:373 text:"234" color:TI bar:1920 from: 147 till:343 text:"196" color:TI bar:1930 from: 137 till:351 text:"214" color:TI bar:1940 from: 120 till:342 text:"222" color:TI bar:1950 from: 112 till:328 text:"216" color:TI bar:1960 from: 105 till:275 text:"170" color:TI bar:1970 from: 84 till:236 text:"152" color:TI bar:1980 from: 104 till:342 text:"238" color:TI bar:1990 from: 153 till:438 text:"285" color:TI bar:2000 from: 190 till:533 text:"343" color:TI bar:1850 from: 471 till:597 text:"126" color:MO bar:1860 from: 413 till:539 text:"126" color:MO bar:1870 from: 411 till:523 text:"112" color:MO bar:1880 from: 373 till:499 text:"126" color:MO bar:1890 from: 410 till:564 text:"154" color:MO bar:1900 from: 385 till:501 text:"116" color:MO bar:1910 from: 373 till:478 text:"105" color:MO bar:1920 from: 343 till:461 text:"118" color:MO bar:1930 from: 351 till:452 text:"101" color:MO bar:1940 from: 342 till:435 text:"93" color:MO bar:1950 from: 328 till:418 text:"90" color:MO bar:1960 from: 275 till:344 text:"69" color:MO bar:1970 from: 236 till:297 text:"61" color:MO bar:1980 from: 342 till:405 text:"63" color:MO bar:1990 from: 438 till:515 text:"77" color:MO bar:2000 from: 533 till:607 text:"74" color:MO bar:1850 from: 597 till:808 text:"211" color:SO bar:1860 from: 539 till:766 text:"227" color:SO bar:1870 from: 523 till:760 text:"237" color:SO bar:1880 from: 499 till:740 text:"241" color:SO bar:1890 from: 564 till:763 text:"199" color:SO bar:1900 from: 501 till:696 text:"195" color:SO bar:1910 from: 478 till:670 text:"192" color:SO bar:1920 from: 461 till:654 text:"193" color:SO bar:1930 from: 452 till:628 text:"176" color:SO bar:1940 from: 435 till:618 text:"183" color:SO bar:1950 from: 418 till:599 text:"181" color:SO bar:1960 from: 344 till:503 text:"159" color:SO bar:1970 from: 297 till:450 text:"153" color:SO bar:1980 from: 405 till:564 text:"159" color:SO bar:1990 from: 515 till:733 text:"218" color:SO bar:2000 from: 607 till:817 text:"210" color:SO bar:1850 from: 808 till:1203 text:"395" color:PE bar:1860 from: 766 till:1092 text:"326" color:PE bar:1870 from: 760 till:1085 text:"325" color:PE bar:1880 from: 740 till:1067 text:"327" color:PE bar:1890 from: 763 till:1075 text:"312" color:PE bar:1900 from: 696 till:979 text:"283" color:PE bar:1910 from: 670 till:943 text:"273" color:PE bar:1920 from: 654 till:915 text:"261" color:PE bar:1930 from: 628 till:876 text:"248" color:PE bar:1940 from: 618 till:852 text:"234" color:PE bar:1950 from: 599 till:848 text:"249" color:PE bar:1960 from: 503 till:725 text:"222" color:PE bar:1970 from: 450 till:650 text:"200" color:PE bar:1980 from: 564 till:760 text:"196" color:PE bar:1990 from: 733 till:982 text:"249" color:PE bar:2000 from: 817 till:1129 text:"312" color:PE


Heritage sites of national significance

The Emetteur National De Sottens ( Sottens transmitter) is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The Sottens Transmitter is the nationwide transmitter for the French-speaking Radio Suisse Romande. It is easily receivable during the night throughout the whole of
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.


Weather

Villars-Tiercelin has an average of 130.4 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of
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. The wettest month is November during which time Villars-Tiercelin receives an average of of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 10.9 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.4, but with only of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is April with an average of of precipitation over 11.4 days., the Villars-Tiercelin weather station elevation is 850 meters above sea level.


References

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