Ferlens

Geschichte

Ferlens is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016 the former municipalities of Ferlens, Carrouge and Mézières merged into the new municipality of Jorat-Mézières.HistoryFerlens is first mentioned around 1147-50 as Ferlens.GeographyFerlens has an area, of 2.2km2. Of this area, 1.51km2 or 69.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.49km2 or 22.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.16km2 or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 46.5% is used for growing crops and 21.2% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Ferlens became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.The municipality is located in the Jorat region, on the left bank of the Broye. The eastern border of the municipality is the Canton of Fribourg.The municipalities of Carrouge, Ferlens and Mézières are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality with an, undetermined name.