Pomy

Origin of the name Pomy

The village is mentioned in 1184 in the form «Pomiers»; the form «Pomy» is said to be in use from 1679 (to be cross-checked). The name is linked to the apple tree (pommier): municipal tradition relates that the area was covered with wild apple trees, and the canting coat of arms adopted in 1918 shows an apple tree.

Founding of Pomy

The territory was inhabited long before the Middle Ages: the excavations carried out in 1993 on the route of the A1 motorway revealed Bronze Age and medieval occupations, as well as a wooden water pipe (silver fir pipes and oak joints) that supplied a Gallo-Roman villa (to be cross-checked). No source consulted names a founder of the village. In the Middle Ages Pomy was part of the lordship of Belmont, and several religious and lay lords held rights there, notably the bishop of Lausanne and the abbey of Montheron. After the Reformation the rights were shared between the city of Lausanne and the Bernese Manuel family. From 1536 to 1798 Pomy belonged to the Bernese bailiwick of Yverdon. The municipality includes the village and the hamlet of Chevressy. The inhabitants, the Pomérans, are nicknamed the «Moi-moi».

History of Pomy

Bronze Age. Occupations attested by the A1 motorway excavations.

Gallo-Roman period. A wooden water pipe supplies a Gallo-Roman villa (to be cross-checked).

1184. First mention, «Pomiers».

Middle Ages. Pomy is part of the lordship of Belmont; the abbey of Montheron holds rights there.

1453. Chapel dedicated to Saint George.

1524. The Bernese Manuel family holds a major fief in Pomy (to be cross-checked).

1536-1798. Pomy belongs to the Bernese bailiwick of Yverdon; seigneurial rights are shared between the city of Lausanne and the Manuel family.

1672. The Bernese authorities acquire a building converted into a parsonage (to be cross-checked).

1684. Pomy forms an independent parish.

1727. The Saint-Georges chapel gives way to the present church, the work of the architect Daniel-Henri Vaucher.

1745. Construction of the parsonage.

1747. The old parsonage, sold to the municipality, serves as a school until 1869 (to be cross-checked).

1798. Pomy joins the district of Yverdon, to which it belongs until 2007.

1884. Founding of a dairy cooperative.

1905. The municipal banner takes part in the Fête des Vignerons, a reminder of the time when Pomy had vineyards.

1918. Adoption of the apple-tree coat of arms; its six apples represent the six old burgher families: Cuche, Miéville, Ottonin, Pilloud, Pellaux and Vulliemin.

1964. The locality of La Grand-Fin is detached from Pomy and joined to Cuarny.

1993. Archaeological excavations on the route of the A1 motorway.

2000. Pomy has become a residential village: about 75 % of the working population works elsewhere, and there are still about 24 farms.

2008. Pomy becomes part of the district of Jura-Nord vaudois.

Population of Pomy

Population of Pomy

1803	233
1850	391
1900	497
1950	443
1980	400
2000	583
2025	904

Historic sites in Pomy

Church of Pomy. Church of 1727, built by the architect Daniel-Henri Vaucher on the site of the Saint-Georges chapel of 1453. Pomy has formed an independent parish since 1684; Cuarny is its subsidiary.

Parsonage of 1745. Pastor's house built in 1745.

Old parsonage on the Ruelle. Building acquired by the Bernese authorities in 1672 as a parsonage, sold to the municipality in 1747 and used as a school until 1869; its façade still bears a stone carving with the arms of Their Excellencies of Bern (to be cross-checked).

Hamlet of Chevressy. Hamlet that is part of the municipality of Pomy.

Remains in Pomy

Gallo-Roman water pipe. Discovered during the 1993 excavations on the route of the A1 motorway: a wooden water supply pipe made of silver fir pipes and oak joints, which supplied a Gallo-Roman villa (to be cross-checked).

Bernese arms on the old parsonage. Stone carving with the arms of Their Excellencies of Bern on the façade of the old parsonage on the Ruelle, a testimony to the Bernese period (to be cross-checked).

Sources

• Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, « Pomy »
• Commune de Pomy, « Historique »
• Wikipédia, « Pomy (Vaud) »
• Statistique Vaud, « Population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2025 »

Other villages near Pomy

• Cuarny (VD)
• Cheseaux-Noréaz (VD)
• Yverdon-les-Bains (VD)
• Valeyres-sous-Ursins (VD)
• Cronay (VD)