Chardonne

Chardonne

Chardonne is a municipality in the district of Riviera -Pays- d'Enhaut the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Chardonne is on 586 m above sea level. M., 2 km north- west of the district town of Vevey (air line). The village stretches along the steep southern slope of Mont Pelerin, in the eastern Lavaux: a scenic location approximately 200 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva, above Vevey.

The area of ​​10.3 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva ( approximately 1200 meters of lakeshore line). The communal land extends from the shore northward over the steep Rebhang of Chardonne ( the western boundary forms the Bach Salenche ) to the adjoining heights of the Mont Pelerin. This mostly wooded ridge in the ridge area belongs almost entirely to Chardonne and forms with 1'080 m above sea level. M. also the highest point in the municipality. He is also the main European watershed between Rhône and Rhine, which here extends a few kilometers north of Lake Geneva. In the northeast of the area originate the headwaters of Biorde, which flows to the Broye and thus belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Rhine. From the municipality surface 1997 15 % came from settlements, 37 % of forest and shrubs, 47% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Chardonne include the settlements Baumaroche (810 m above sea level. M. ) and Monts de Chardonne ( 825 m above sea level. M. ) above the village, the hamlet Paully ( 924 m above sea level. M. ) on the western slopes of the Mont Pelerin as well as numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Chardonne are Jongny, Corsier -sur -Vevey, Corseaux, Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) and Puidoux in the Canton of Vaud and Granges ( Veveyse) and Attalens in the Canton of Fribourg.

Population

With 2755 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Chardonne belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 77.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.7 % and 4.3 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Chardonne amounted in 1850 to 998 inhabitants, 1900 to 1011 inhabitants. During the 20th century the population grew steadily. An increased growth was observed particularly during the 1990s. The settlement area of Chardonne has grown together seamlessly with that of Jongny.

Economy

Chardonne was up to the beginning of the 20th century mainly by agriculture embossed village. Even today, agriculture with the wine ( about 100 ha ) to the optimal sunlit slopes of the Lavaux an important place in the economic structure of the population. The quality of the wines produced here run under the appellation Chardonne. The vineyards of Chardonne is protected by a law before redevelopment since 1984. At higher elevations, crops, livestock and dairy farming.

More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. The Commercial Chardonne is aligned next to the fast moving consumer goods and tourism. Chardonne has a Business School and is the seat of the Institut de recherche en Géobiologie and the Centre de revitalization Cambuzat. On Lake Geneva, there is a marina and a campground. In recent decades, the village has ( with views of Lake Geneva and the Alps and in the south west to the Jura ) developed into a residential community, thanks to its attractive location. Many working population commuters, which partially work in the Vevey-Montreux region in Lausanne.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It is located on a link road from Chexbres to Châtel -Saint- Denis, and is easily accessible from Vevey. The nearest motorway connections to the A9 was opened in 1970 (Lausanne -Sion ), which crosses the municipality, located in Chexbres ( in the west) and in Vevey ( in the east), around five kilometers from the center. In 1900, the funicular Vevey- Chardonne Mont Pelerin was inaugurated, which connects Chardonne directly with the Vevey railway station.

History

The territory of Chardonne was settled very early; traces from the Neolithic period, a necropolis of the Bronze Age and early medieval grave were found. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1001 under the name Cardona. Later, the names Chardona (1150 ), Carduna appeared in the 12th century and Chardonnaz ( 1554 ). The place name comes from the Latin word carduus ( thistle ).

Chardonne was originally owned by the Abbey of Saint -Maurice and came in 1079 with the large parish Corsier to the Bishop of Lausanne. This was the village in 1092 as a fief to the Blonay family. A part of the municipality came in 1226 at the Cistercian abbey of skin - Cret. In the hamlet Rueyres was from 1141 to the early 13th century a small Prämonstratenserinnenkloster.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Chardonne came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. After 1707 the regulation of civil matters was transferred to the Bailiwick Oron. After the collapse of the ancien régime Chardonne 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 of Vevey. Chardonne broke up in 1798 by Corsier and was a politically independent community, but the final determination of the borders did not happen until 1816.

Personalities

• Sergio Emery ( born March 4, 1928 in Chiasso, † June 5, 2003 in Gentilino ), painter, draftsman, engraver, Lytograf, mosaic workers
• Matteo Emery ( born June 15, 1955 in Lugano), painter, draftsman, director

Attractions

The chapel, which formerly belonged to the parish Corsier, in 1864 a parish church. It was rebuilt in 1749, with the choir of the tower of the medieval chapel of the 15th century was included in the new building. Here at a major renovation wall paintings were discovered from the time it was built. Other chapels are located at Paully and Baumaroche. In the old town some typical winegrowers' houses are still standing. The Castle of Chardonne, which dates from the 15th century, became part of the family Stürler from Bern in the 16th century. This took a comprehensive renovation and enlargements and made ​​the palace to her country estate.

A modern landmark is the Fernsehturm Mont Pelerin with an achievable by a panoramic elevator observation deck.

Station

Stop inside the central station

Fernsehturm Mont Pelerin