Yverdon District was a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of 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 ...
in
Switzerland until 2006 when it was dissolved. It was divided into the
Cercles of
Molondin,
Belmont-sur-Yverdon
Belmont-sur-Yverdon (, literally ''Belmont on Yverdon'') is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Belmont-sur-Yverdon is first mentioned in 1154 as ''castrum Bellimontis''. In 1220 ...
,
Yverdon
Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , was ...
and
Champvent
Champvent () is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Essert-sous-Champvent and Villars-sous-Champvent merged on 1 January 2012 into Champvent.[municipalities
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 ...]
, 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
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 200 ...
.
* 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, and Yvonand came from the District d'Yverdon to join the
Jura-Nord 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 pu ...
* On 1 September 2006 the municipality of Oppens came from the District d'Yverdon to join the
Gros-de-Vaud District
Gros-de-Vaud District (french: District du Gros-de-Vaud) is a district in Vaud canton.
Gros-de-Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is ...
.
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011.
Yverdon
Cercle of Belmont-sur-Yverdon
Cercle of Champvent
Cercle of Molondin
Cercle of Yverdon
References
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Former districts of the canton of Vaud