Bonvillars

Geschichte

Bonvillars is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryBonvillars is first mentioned in 1100 AD as Binvilar.Local Savoyard Knight Sir John de Bonvillars (Sir Jean de Bevillard in French) was brother in law to nearby Otton de Grandson of Grandson Castle. Sir John was a household knight in the service of King Edward I of England. Bonvillars held the post of Deputy Justicier of Wales prior to being First Constable of Harlech Castle from 1285 to his death by drowning (probably during siege of Dryslwyn in South Wales) between July and November 1287. Married to Agnes de Bevillard (likely sister of Otto de Grandson).GeographyBonvillars has an area, of 7.54km2. Of this area, 3.66km2 or 48.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.29km2 or 43.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.48km2 or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Out of the forested land, 41.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 23.7% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures, while 6.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.