Oleyres

Oleyres is a village and a common of the District of Avenches, in the Canton of Vaud, in Suisse.

Geography

Oleyres (550m) is located on the tops of Avenches (3km in the south), between the Bois of Châtel and the Forêt of Large Belmont , in the south of the plain of the Broye.
The territory extends between Chandon and the Ruisseau from Coppet . The commune is bordered on three sides by the Canton of Freiburg. The common neighbors of Oleyres are Avenches (northern), Misery-Courtion (is), Léchelles (southern) and Domdidier (western).
In 1997, the territory consisted of 5% of built-up areas, of 25% of forest zones, 69% of agricultural zones, and a little less than unproductive ground 1%.

Population

With 230 inhabitants (at the end of 2005) Oleyres belongs to the small communes of the Canton of Vaud. The population of Oleyres rose with 317 inhabitants in 1860, then 283 inhabitants in 1900. After the number of inhabitants fell up to 174 in 1970, a weak increase in population was since then recorded. The official language is French, spoken by 78.9% about the population, 15.3% of the population speaks German and 2.7% English (2000). The population is with a little less than 70% Protestant woman and a little more than 15% catholic (2000).
The communal policy is based on an executive of 5 members and a general advice.

History

Perhaps badly defined, the origin of the name Oleyres (oleres in 1228) comes from the old word olier , meaning potter, or of aulearia or aula , i.e. ground depending on an old residence seigneuriale. With the the Middle Ages, Oleyres belonged to the parish of Domdidier. In the vicinity immediate of the village, but on the territory of Domdidier, a vault dedicated to Saint Georges was set up, which depended on the cure of Donatyre. The mass seems to be celebrated there until the end of the 16th century. After the Bernese conquest, Oleyres was attached to the parish of Avenches, becoming thus definitively one of its appendices.

Curiosities

a terminal Bernese-of Vaud, located close to the center of the village, whose no one cannot explain the presence at this place.

Personalities

the baron Jean-Pierre de Chambrier, who amongst other things covered the loads of governor of the principality of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Ambassadeur of Prussia. He had a property in the center of the village. Is this a chance if the November 25th 1797, Napoleon Bonaparte remained in the close locality?

External bonds

Official site of the commune of Oleyres

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