Longirod
Longirod is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Longirod is located on 899 m above sea level. Level, 13 km north of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a slightly inclined to the south elevation of the Jura south slope, in a scenic location around 500 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of 9.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope and the Vaud Jura. The communal land ranges in the south east of the village on the hill Terrez ( 894 m above sea level. M. ) to the lowlands of the valley Prévondavaux. This valley is a testimony of the last ice age, there was once a meltwater channel at the edge of the glacial Rhone Glacier. To the northwest, the area extends to the anticline of the Mont- Tendre - chain, which is densely forested in the range of Longirod and hardly has clearings. The highest point of the municipality is 1,495 meters above sea level. M. the Cret de la Neuve. Near the Pré de role in the Jura ridge there is the cave Chasm of Longirod. The municipality is located on a watershed, the eastern part is drained by the Saubrette to Aubonne, while the western part of the Serine leads the water to the Promenthouse. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 56 % of forest and woody plants, 40 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Longirod include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Longirod are Saint- George, Gimel, Saint- Oyens, Burtigny, Marchissy and Le Chenit.
Population
With 416 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Longirod is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 83.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.7 % and 4.7 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Longirod amounted in 1900 to 309 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 200 to 1970 inhabitants, continued since then on again a significant increase in population.
Economy
Longirod was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Still plays agriculture as a branch of the population an important role, with livestock and dairy farming dominate over to agriculture. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns along Lake Geneva their work.
Traffic
The municipality is situated on the main road that leads from England via Saint- George on the Col du Marchairuz in the Vallée de Joux. By Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Gimel, Longirod is connected to the public transport network.
History
An east in the forest of Outard found Longirod shell stone testifies to the inspection and settlement of the municipality is already in the Neolithic period. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1267 under the name Longirot, and later the spelling Longiro appeared ( for the first time in 1391 ). Longirod came in the 13th century as a fief to the Lords of Aubonne.
Since the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Longirod shared the fortunes of Aubonne and came in 1701 to the bailiwick Aubonne. 1788 were numerous houses victim to a conflagration. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the District Aubonne.
Attractions
The Protestant parish church Saint- Théodule dates from the period around 1440th In the center a few farm houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.