Sullens
Sullens
Sullens is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Sullens is at 591 m above sea level. Level, 10 km north- northwest of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on the high plateau of southern Gros de Vaud, east of the valley of the Venoge, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 3.8 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 eastern side of a Talniederung Bach Venoge east on the wide plateau of Sullens, on the 605 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. In the southeast, the area extends in the Bois du Devin in the headwaters of the Chamberonne and in the south in the Bois Bahud. From the municipality surface 1997 15 % came from settlements, 13 % of forest and woody plants and 72% to agriculture.
Sullens to include two major new housing developments. The neighboring communities of Sullens are SüdenMex, southwest Vufflens -la -Ville, in the northwest Penthaz, in the north Bournens, northeast Boussens, in the southeast Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne and in the south-southeast Crissier.
Population
With 880 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Sullens is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 87.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 7.5 % and 1.2 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Sullens amounted in 1900 to 317 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1960 to 253 people, a significant population increase was observed with a tripling of the population within 40 years.
Economy
Sullens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, the farming and fruit growing have only a minor role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small businesses and in the service sector there (including an operation of computer science ). 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 Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is a very good transport developed. It lies on the main road from Cossonay to Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne. The motorway connection Cossonay at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is just 1 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Cossonay to Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne, Sullens is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1180 under the name of 'ought'. Later, the names Soulens ( 1228 ), the present name Sullens ( 1287 ) and Sulens ( 1387 ) published. The name goes back to the Burgundian personal names Saudila and means for the people of Saudila.
Since the Middle Ages Sullens was part of the rule Cossonay. 1180 was the Abbey of Saint -Maurice -rich land, who passed over to the abbey skin - Cret in the 13th century. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Sullens came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. 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 Cossonay.
Attractions
The parish church of Sullens was built in the years 1712/13; the attic served in the past as a granary. In the compact old town center and some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.