Jorat-Menthue

Jorat-Menthue is a municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Jorat-Menthue
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Jorat-Menthue
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Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°43′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Gros-de-Vaud
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area [1]
• Total	17.65 km2 (6.81 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	1,584
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
SFOS number	5804
ISO 3166 code	CH-VD
Surrounded by	Froideville, Poliez-Pittet, Montilliez, Martherenges, Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens
Website	http://www.jorat-menthue.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

The municipalities of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.^[3]

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.^[4] Sottens is first mentioned in 1147 as Sotens.^[5] Peney-le-Jorat is first mentioned around 1141-43 as Pinoy.^[6]

Geography

Jorat-Menthue has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 20.89 square kilometers (8.07 sq mi). Of this area, 11.86 km² (4.58 sq mi) or 56.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.55 km² (2.92 sq mi) or 36.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.31 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) is unproductive land.^[7]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[4][5][6][8]

Heritage sites of national significance

The Sottens transmitter

The Emetteur National De Sottens (Sottens transmitter) is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[9]

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 Europe.

Weather

Villars-Tiercelin has an average of 130.4 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 1,372 mm (54.0 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is November during which time Villars-Tiercelin receives an average of 129 mm (5.1 in) 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 119 mm (4.7 in) of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is April with an average of 100 mm (3.9 in) of precipitation over 11.4 days.^[10]

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011
4. Montaubion-Chardonney in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
5. Sottens in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
6. Peney-le-Jorat in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
7. Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
8. Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
9. "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
10. "Temperature and Precipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, and Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009., the Villars-Tiercelin weather station elevation is 850 meters above sea level.