Vuibroye

Canton of Vaud · District: Lavaux-Oron · 124 inhabitants (2010, last year before the merger)

Part of the municipality of Oron

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Origin of the name Vuibroye

The name Vuibroye is attested in the forms Valbruia (516, information resting on a single source and to be cross-checked), then Walbroia and Vaubroia, Wibra in 1140 and Walbroie in 1228. It would mean, according to the source consulted, roughly «downstream of the Broye», referring to its position relative to the neighbouring village of Châtillens, located further upstream on this watercourse.

Founding of Vuibroye

Vuibroye has no single identified founder: it is a rural hamlet of the Broye valley whose earliest history is linked to donations to religious institutions. According to the source consulted, in 516 Sigismund, king of the Burgundians, is said to have given Vuibroye, along with the neighbouring hamlet of Crépillaux and the place of Oron, to the abbey of Saint-Maurice (very old information, resting on a single source consulted and absolutely to be cross-checked). In the 12th and 13th centuries, several local nobles, including Dodon de Vuibroye and Guillaume Clerc de Vuibroye, ceded village lands to the abbey of Haut-Crêt, which thereby became an important seigneurial actor in the territory. Vuibroye remained a village without its own church, attached for parish purposes to Châtillens. It retained its status as an independent municipality until 1 January 2012, when it merged with Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Écoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes and Les Thioleyres to form the new municipality of Oron.

History of Vuibroye

516 (to be cross-checked). According to the source consulted, Sigismund, king of the Burgundians, gives Vuibroye, Crépillaux and Oron to the abbey of Saint-Maurice; this is the oldest known mention of the place, in the form Valbruia. This very old information rests on a single source and remains to be cross-checked absolutely.

1140. The place is mentioned in the form Wibra.

1228. The place is mentioned in the form Walbroie.

12th-13th century. Local nobles, including Dodon de Vuibroye and Guillaume Clerc de Vuibroye, donate or cede lands (notably a place called Rosay and lands in Châtillens) to the abbey of Haut-Crêt; Guillaume Clerc, his brother Cono and his sister Vianna also cede property to the abbey in exchange for a horse. The brothers Thibaud and Aldas give Haut-Crêt everything they own in Essertes. The monks of Haut-Crêt also complain to the lord of Oron that a certain Ulrich de Vuibroye had not paid a due in oats.

7 February 1678. A delegate from Vuibroye joins representatives from other localities to bring a petition to Berne requesting that no church be built in Oron, for fear that it would compete with the parish church of Châtillens. The delegates are poorly received by the Bernese authorities and imprisoned for twenty-four hours in Berne.

1802. Citizens of Vuibroye take part in the Vaud Bourla-Papeys insurrection.

1824-1825. The authorities of Châtillens and Vuibroye hold discussions for the construction of an inter-communal school on the territory of Châtillens; this project is ultimately abandoned.

1 November 1924. The merger of the school districts of Châtillens and Vuibroye becomes effective; from this date, the pupils of Vuibroye attend the school of Châtillens. This is a school grouping between the two villages, with Vuibroye retaining its status as an independent municipality.

1999-2009. The population of Vuibroye grows by about 8.7% over this decade, according to official statistics.

1 January 2012. Vuibroye merges with Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Écoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes and Les Thioleyres to form the new municipality of Oron, thereby losing its status as an independent municipality.

Population of Vuibroye

124

2010

Historic sites in Vuibroye

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Vuibroye. The coat of arms shows two wavy blue bends on a silver field, representing the course of the Broye, surmounted by a rampant gold lion. These arms were used by the independent municipality of Vuibroye until its merger into the municipality of Oron in 2012.

Parish church of Châtillens. Although not located on the territory of Vuibroye, the church of the neighbouring parish of Châtillens played a central role in the religious life of the village, as the inhabitants of Vuibroye never had a place of worship of their own. It was also to defend this parish church, against the construction of a new church in Oron, that a delegate from Vuibroye travelled to Berne in 1678.

Former school of Châtillens. Since the merger of the two villages' school districts in 1924, the children of Vuibroye have been schooled at the Châtillens school, following the abandonment, in 1824-1825, of a project for an inter-communal school.

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