Bournens
Bournens
Bournens is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Bournens is located on 562 m above sea level. M., 11 km north- northwest of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located on a sloping hillside to the west in the Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland, east of the valley of the Venoge.
The area of 3.9 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 municipality extends from the bottom surface Pra eastward across the slope of Bournens on the amount of Treisy, on 616 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. In the northeast, the area extends into the Bois Joyon and a nature reserve Champ Buet, a bog area, which entfliesst the Bach Ruisseau de Malomba to Venoge. This forms the northern boundary of Bournens. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 17 % of forest and shrubs, 75 % to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.
To Bournens include some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Bournens are in the east Boussens, in the south Sullens, in the west Penthaz, in the northwest and the north Daillens Bettens.
Population
With 324 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bournens one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 91.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.6 % and 2.4 % speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Bournens amounted in 1850 to 246 residents in 1900 to 210 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1960 to 143 people, a significant population increase was observed again since then.
Economy
Bournens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture has an important role in the economic structure of the population. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in the greater Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via normal, although it is located away from larger thoroughfares. The motorway connection Cossonay at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is approximately 1.5 km from the village. By Postbus course, which runs from Cossonay to Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne, Bournens is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1142 under the name Brunens 1479 appeared the name Brugnens. The name goes back to the Burgundian personal names Brunengus. In the Middle Ages, the Canons of the Great Saint Bernard talked in Bournens a small Landpriorat. The village belonged to the lords of Cossonay; the gentlemen of Vufflens had a feud here.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Bournens 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 Chapel of Bournens dates from the 15th century. The place belongs to the parish Vufflens -la -Ville. The mansion was built in the 18th century, along with several typical farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.