Chavannes-le-Veyron

Chavannes -le- Veyron is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Chavannes -le- Veyron is located at 610 m above sea level. M., 11 km north of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The village extends to the foot of the Jura plateau, north of the valley of the Veyron, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​2.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating Vaud Mittelland. From west to east the area is crossed by slightly sunken into the plateau valley of the Veyron. South of the river extends the communal land in the Bois de la Foule, in the 634 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Chavannes -le- Veyron is achieved. To the north, the area extends over the plateau of Chavannes to the source of Gebre, a left-hand side of Bach's Veyron. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 27 % of forest and woody plants and 67% from agriculture.

To Chavannes -le- Veyron include the hamlet of La Côte (590 m above sea level. M. ) south of the Veyron and the location on the left (north) side of the Veyron part of the hamlet of Saint- Denis. Neighboring communities of Chavannes -le- Veyron are La Chaux ( Cossonay ) Grancy, Pampigny, L' Isle and Cuarnens.

Population

With 129 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Chavannes -le- Veyron is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 93.6% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.0 % and 1.6 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Chavannes -le- Veyron amounted in 1850 to 136 residents in 1900 to 162 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 86 persons, a slight increase in population was observed again since then.

Economy

Chavannes -le- Veyron still lives by agriculture, mainly of crops, livestock and dairy farming. Outside the primary sector, there is little employment in the village. Until the 1960s, the Veyron was a sawmill and a blacksmith shop in operation. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in Cossonay and in the Lausanne area.

Traffic

Although the community is located off of larger thoroughfares, yet is within easy reach of Cossonay ago. By Postbus course, which runs from Cossonay to L' Isle, the village is connected to the public transport network.

History

In Chavannes -le- Veyron a grave mound was discovered from the Hallstatt period. The place name derives from the vulgar Latin capanna (cottage, small courtyard ). The Abbey Lac de Joux (L' Abbaye ) maintained in Chavannes -le- Veyron a priory. The village was formed in 1798 to its own little rule. From the Middle Ages until the 17th century when this was the infirmary of Cossonay. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime Chavannes -le- Veyron 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 Church of Chavannes -le- Veyron was newly built in 1844 on the site of a nascent decline in God's house of 1636.