the production of canned food, tobacco, and wood and metal processing. As a district capital, a secondary school and a district hospital were built in town. The hospital merged in 1999 with the Hospital of Payerne to form the H�pital de la Broye inter cantonal. Due to the intact historic city center and its proximity to the sea, tourism also plays a certain role. Moderate traffic travels through the town on the main street Yverdon-Payerne, the Payerne-Yverdon railway line (opened in 1877) and A1 motorway (opened in 2001)
