Senarclens
Castle Senarclens
Senarclens is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Senarclens is located on 582 m above sea level. Level, 10 km north of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on the plateau west of the valley of the Venoge, in the western Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The communal land extends from the headwaters of the creek Broye (tributary of Senoge, not to be confused with the Broye) northward over the plateau of Senarclens to the edge of the Bois du Sépey. On the hill Mont Lambert is 602 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. In the northwest, the area extends to the eastern side of the valley of the Veyron. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 5% of forest and woody plants and 88 % to agriculture.
To Senarclens include the farm cluster Soveillame ( 555 m above sea level. M. ) below the village, two new housing developments and a number of individual farms. Neighboring communities of Senarclens are Cossonay, Gollion, Vuillerens, Grancy and La Chaux ( Cossonay ).
Population
With 433 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Senarclens is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 92.0% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.3 % and 1.4 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Senarclens amounted in 1900 to 198 inhabitants. Since 1970 (150 inhabitants), a rapid population increase was observed with a doubling of the population within 30 years.
Economy
Senarclens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. 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 work mainly in the area Cossonay- Penthalaz and in the Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Cossonay to Aubonne. By Postbus course, which runs from Morges via Cottens to Cossonay, Senarclens is connected to the public transport network.
History
The municipal area traces have been found from the Roman period and early medieval graves. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1011 under the name Senerclens. Later, the names Sunarclens ( 1180), Sonarclens ( 1190 ), Sonarcleins ( 1238 ), Sinarclens ( 1279 ) and Senaclens published. The etymology of the name is unclear. Arclens goes back to the Burgundian personal names Arkilo while to have sen - either the importance of the German or could have been derived from the Indo-European prefix for old.
Since the Middle Ages Senarclens belonged to the lords of Cossonay which gave the village rule the Knights of Senarclens as a fief. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. In 1678, many houses fell victim to a fire. After the collapse of the ancien régime Senarclens 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 Cossonay.
Attractions
From medieval castle, a small round tower from the 13th century is only obtained. The remodeled 1584 building fell into disrepair and were prepared again until 1926. Although Senarclens was once mentioned as a parish, it now has no church and belongs to the parish Cossonay. In the center are some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.