Bursins

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

Geography

Bursins is located on 473 m above sea level. M., 9 km north- northeast of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The wine village extends slightly increased at the lower southern slopes of the Vaud Cote, in a scenic location around 100 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.

The area of 3.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Vaud Cote. The communal land extends from Bach Fossy northward across the plateau at the foot of the Côte down to the Jura ridge upstream of the Vaud Cote. The eastern border is the Bach Merdasson who has dug into this ridge by erosion over time a deep valley, from that of the western side of the valley belongs Combe de Bursins, nor to Bursins. The highest elevation of 830 m above sea Bursins is. M. reached at the height of the forest of the Grandes Tattes. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 32 % of forest and shrubs, 57% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Bursins include the hamlet of Saint -Vincent (500 m above sea level. M. ) on the slope of the Vaud Cote, the east of the creek Dullive situated part of Le Vernay (415 m above sea level. M. ) and some Hofgüter. Neighboring communities of Bursins are Dully, Luins, Vinzel, Burtigny, Gilly and Bursinel.

Population

With 736 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Bursins one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 83.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.9 % and 4.4 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Bursins amounted in 1850 to 340 inhabitants, 1900 to 424 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 264 to 1970 inhabitants, continued rapid population growth, with a doubling of the population within 30 years.

Economy

Bursins until the 20th century embossed mainly by agriculture village. Still play the vineyard in the area of the village on the slopes of La Côte and agriculture in the fertile soil of the plateau at the foot of the slope an important role. More jobs are available in the local industry and especially services. The municipal area is the western part of the facilities of the service station La Cote at the A1 motorway ( Geneva, Lausanne). In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work primarily in Nyon.

Traffic

Although the community is located off of larger thoroughfares, but traffic still technically well developed. It lies on the main road that leads from Nyon along the slopes of the Côte after Aubonne. By Postbus course, which runs from England to role Bursins is connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory was inhabited in Roman times, as evidenced by the remains of foundations of houses at the church. From the Carolingian period some graves date. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1011 under the name Bruzinges. Later, the spellings brucine ( 1031 ), Brucinis ( 1049 ) and Bruciniaco appeared in the 11th century.

The deed of 1011 sealed the donation of the village church to the monastery Romainmôtier by the Burgundian King Rudolf III. In the Middle Ages Bursins belonged temporarily to rule Prangins. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Bursins was an exclave under the administration of the Bailiwick Romainmôtier. 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 11th-century church Saint -Martin was formed in 1238 from a small priory of the abbey was under Romainmôtier. From the Romanesque building of the church the north apse is still preserved. In the 14th and 16th centuries were several modifications, the choir is Gothic, while the tower of which builds on the tradition of the Romanesque. The Chapel of Saint- Nicolas is a significant example of the flamboyant. In the former Prioratsgebäude is now the parsonage.
The present building of the Castle of Bursins dates from the 18th century; the castle has a late Gothic staircase tower.
Le Rosey Castle with its round towers dates back to the late Middle Ages.
In the old town some wine growers and houses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.
In the cemetery of Bursins Peter Ustinov has his final resting place.

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