Neyruz-sur-Moudon

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Neyruz-sur-Moudon

Location of Neyruz-sur-Moudon

Coordinates: 46°42′N 6°47′E / 46.700°N 6.783°ECoordinates: 46°42′N 6°47′E / 46.700°N 6.783°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.52 km² (1.36 sq mi)

Elevation

765 m (2,510 ft)

Population (2011)

• Total

130

• Density

37/km² (96/sq mi)

Postal code

1515

SFOS number

5679

Surrounded by

Bussy-sur-Moudon, Denezy, Moudon, Oulens-sur-Lucens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens, Villars-le-Comte

Website

Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Neyruz-sur-Moudon is a former municipality in the district Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire.

Neyruz-sur-Moudon is first mentioned in 1147 as Noeruls and Nuruls. It was first called Neyruz-sur-Moudon in 1953.

Neyruz-sur-Moudon had an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.5 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 2.46 km² (0.95 sq mi) or 69.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.93 km² (0.36 sq mi) or 26.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.12 km² (30 acres) or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 48.9% is used for growing crops and 20.2% is pastures.

The former municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Neyruz-sur-Moudon became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.

The former municipality is located along the Moudon to Yverdon-les-Bains road. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Neyruz-sur-Moudon and the settlements of La Praire, Les Rutannes and Le Moulin Tardy.

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