Peney-le-Jorat

Geschichte

Peney-le-Jorat is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is in the south-west of Switzerland, in close proximity to both France and Italy.The villages of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.HistoryPeney-le-Jorat is first mentioned around 1141-43 as Pinoy.GeographyPeney-le-Jorat has an area, of 4.5km2. Of this area, 2.45km2 or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.77km2 or 39.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26km2 or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 38.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.3% is used for growing crops and 16.4% is pastures.The municipality was part of the Oron District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Peney-le-Jorat became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.The village is located on a plateau in the middle Jorat. It consists of the village of Peney-le-Jorat and a number of surrounding hamlets.