Bassins

Church of Notre -Dame

Basins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Basins located on 753 m above sea level. M., 9 km north of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The village is located on a knoll on the southern slope of the Jura, between the valleys of the Ruisseau de la Combe in the west and the serines in the east, in a scenic location around 400 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.

The area of ​​20.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Vaud Jura. In the southern part of the municipality, the terrain back of the basin, bounded by the Ruisseau du Geny and the serines located in the east and from the deep valley of the Ruisseau de la Combe in the west, which empties into the serines at the foot of the Jura. To the north, the area extends to the crest of the southwestern Mont- Tendre - chain and reaches the Bois de Peney 1'410 m above sea level. M. West this ridge the Combe de la Valouse and the Combe des Amburnex will then take place, both above ground endorheic valleys that extend along strike of the Jura Mountains from southwest to northeast. The northwestern boundary runs along the face of Mont SALA, where with 1'420 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the basin is reached. On the Jura ridge one finds typical karst features such as sinkholes and karst fields. This little area is committed by extensive forests ( Forêt des Pralets, Bois de la Bassine ) existed between himself Jura high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 60 % of forest and shrubs, 35 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

For basins include the development Les Platets ( 826 m above sea level. M. ) on the Jura south slope above the village, the hamlet of La Cézille (570 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of the Ruisseau de la Combe, near its confluence with the Serine and numerous individual farms, which are widely scattered on the heights of the Jura. Neighboring communities of pools are Arzier, Vich, Begnins, Le Vaud, Marchissy and Le Chenit.

Population

With 1251 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Basin is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 81.9% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.3 % and 5.5 % in English (as of 2000). The population of the basin amounted in 1850 to 394 residents in 1900 to 417 inhabitants. This was followed up to 1960 (291 inhabitants) a decrease. Since about 1970, continued rapid population growth, a tripled its number of inhabitants.

Economy

Basins until the middle of the 20th century mainly coined by agriculture village. In the lower parts of the municipality farming is operated while prevailing in the Jura hills cattle breeding and dairy farming. Thanks to the forest wealth and the forestry is of great importance and was responsible for the prosperity of the community in the earlier years. More jobs are there in the industry and in a company for the manufacture of essences for the perfume industry. Basins is the seat of the Fédération vaudoise of crédits mutuels. Since about 1980, continued thanks to the beautiful location but good transport links, a rapid development of the residential community. New housing estates built particularly in the area of Les Platets. The vast number of employed persons working abroad, mainly in Nyon and Geneva.

Traffic

Although the community is located off the major thoroughfares, but traffic still technically well developed. It is located on the main road from England to Saint- George, the motorway connecting England to the A1 is around 7 km from the village. By Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Gimel, basins is connected to the public transport network.

History

The discovery of a burial ground dating from the Early Middle Ages is evidence of an early settlement of the municipality. The first written mention of the village took place in 974 under the name Bass Inge. 1148 appeared the Latinized form Bassiniacum and since 1164 the present name is busy. The place name comes from the personal name Basso and means for the people of Basso.

In the church of Notre -Dame is a small Cluniac Priory, of the Abbey of Payerne was under developed. Although the priory was only officially abolished in 1536, it was believed to have been abandoned in the 14th century by the monks. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the basin came under the administration of the bailiwick of Nyon and was the seat of a court. 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.

Attractions

The original Romanesque building of the church of Notre-Dame was rebuilt several times in the Gothic and also in more recent times (last time 1934). As the oldest parts dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, the Romanesque choir and the base of the massive tower, which now shows the Burgundian style apply. The small and the large side chapel date from the early 14th century. In the center a few farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.

Pictures of Bassins

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