Burtigny
Burtigny
Burtigny is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Burtigny is located on 737 m above sea level. Level, 10 km north of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The village street lines extends to a slightly inclined to the south plateau between the Serine and its eastern tributary Moteline, the Jura south slope, in a scenic location around 350 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of 5.7 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope. The communal land extends from the valley of the Serine east on the plateau at Burtigny, which is drained by the Moteline. To the east of this plateau, the forest area Grandes Tattes adjoins, in the 895 m above sea level. M. (above the Vaud Cote ) the highest point of Burtigny is achieved. The northern boundary runs meandering valley of Prévondavaux that is occupied by a standing protected wetland. The valley of Prévondavaux is a testimony of the last ice age, there was once a meltwater channel at the edge of the glacial Rhone Glacier. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 35 % of forest and shrubs, 59% to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.
To Burtigny include numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Burtigny are Begnins, Le Vaud, Marchissy, Longirod, Saint- Oyens, Essertines -sur-Rolle, Gilly, Bursins, Vinzel and Luins.
Population
With 355 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Burtigny is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 83.3% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 7.1 % and 5.5 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Burtigny amounted in 1850 to 362 residents in 1900 to 369 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 216 to 1970 inhabitants, an increasing trend was observed again since then.
Economy
Burtigny was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Still plays agriculture as a branch of the population an important role, with the crop and livestock farming predominate. Burtigny is home to a cork factory, more jobs are in the services available. 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 on the main road from England to the Col du Marchairuz. The highway connection to England in 1964 opened A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is about 6 km from the village. By Postbus course, which runs from England to Burtigny, the village is connected to the public transport network.
History
Long before the Christian era, the municipality of Burtigny was settled. There were shell stones, found melters from the Bronze Age and grave mounds from the Hallstatt period. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1144 under the name Britiniaco, 1145 appeared the spelling Brettignei. Burtigny belonged in the Middle Ages to the rule Prangins. After 1208 it changed hands several times before it finally came to the Lords of Aubonne 1357.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Burtigny came under the administration of the Bailiwick Aubonne. 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 role. In the 19th century many houses were two fires in the village.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint- Pierre, mentioned in 1204, was under the Cistercian abbey Bonmont. The present building dates largely from 1481, while the rectory was built in 1809. Outside the church is a 600 year old lime tree. In the village center a few farmhouses dating from the 19th century are preserved.