Donneloye is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Donneloye is first mentioned in 1150 as Donnolui.
The Château of Donneloye
thumbnail|left|The château of Donneloye in 1904
The château of Donneloye was probably first built in the 15th century and passed through many hands from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Charles III, Duke of Savoy sold it in 1534 to Marguerite de Bellevaux, who sold it on to Guillaume Regnauld who in turn sold it to Marguerite de Chanéaz in 1597.
After passing through other hands, the château was purchased in 1652 by Jean-Philippe Loys, whose family possessed it until the end of the 18th century, when the conseiller d'état Jacques-François Viquerat (1838–1904) bought it.
The building today consists of a principal rectangular body divided by a wide central corridor. At the end of the present garden is a massive round tower, probably a dovecote. The building has no sculptures like those of the château of Avenches, but it is a typical example of a rural medieval manor house. The château is currently in private hands.
Geography
thumb|Aerial view (1964)
Donneloye has an area, , of . Of this area, or 69.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 56.2% is used for growing crops and 12.7% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on the right side of the Mentue river. It consists of the village of Donneloye and a number of hamlets.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable, a chief indented Or.
Demographics
Donneloye has a population () of . , 5.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 20.3%. It has changed at a rate of 10.3% due to migration and at a rate of 10.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (300 or 93.8%) as their first language, with German being second most common (12 or 3.8%) and Portuguese being third (4 or 1.3%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.
, there were 134 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 156 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 181 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
, a total of 86 apartments (88.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (2.1%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (9.3%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire village of Prahins is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.39% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (16.63%), the Green Party (12.36%) and the FDP (9.86%). In the federal election, a total of 127 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.4%.
Economy
, Donneloye had an unemployment rate of 3.8%. , there were 42 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 44 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 14 businesses in this sector. 19 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector.
, there were 26 workers who commuted into the municipality and 117 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 69.6% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 49 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 45 students in those schools.
, there were 23 students in Donneloye who came from another municipality, while 33 residents attended schools outside the municipality.