Ecoteaux

Geschichte

Écoteaux is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Écoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron.HistoryÉcoteaux is first mentioned in 1134 as Escotaux.GeographyÉcoteaux has an area, of 3.6km2. Of this area, 2.75km2 or 77.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.54km2 or 15.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26km2 or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 13.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.8% is used for growing crops and 36.5% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Écoteaux became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.