Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne

Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne

Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Cheseaux -sur- Lausanne is located at 604 m above sea level. M., 7 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located on the plateau of southern Gros de Vaud, north of the creek Mèbre, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​4.6 km ² large municipality area includes a section of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The plateau is bounded on the south by the little valley of the Mèbre. To the west of the municipality floor extends to the headwaters of the Chamberonne and the Petite Chamberonne with the woodlands of Plamont and Bois du Devin. In the east the area extends to the slopes of Signal de Morrens, at the 680 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 20 % came from settlements, 15 % of forest and woody plants and 65 % to agriculture.

To Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne include new residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial zones. Neighboring communities of Cheseaux -sur- Lausanne Crissier, Sullens, Boussens, Etagnières, Morrens and an exclave of Lausanne.

Population

With 3950 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 89.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.1 % and 2.3 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne amounted in 1850 to 421 residents in 1900 to 399 inhabitants. Since 1960 (491 inhabitants), a rapid population increase was observed with a six-fold increase in population within 40 years. Today, the village is part of the agglomeration of Lausanne.

Economy

Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne was up in the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture has only a marginal role in the occupational structure of the population.

With the creation of commercial and industrial zones since the 1960s, the economic structure of the village was changed markedly. Among the major companies of Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne include the Kudelski SA, which is headquartered in place since 1969 and produces recording devices and encryption systems, as well as the publishing house Éditions Atlas. More companies are active in mechanical engineering, precision engineering, and construction as well as in the furniture and food industry.

In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne.

Traffic

The community is a very good transport developed. It lies on the main road 5 from Lausanne to Yverdon -les -Bains, the transit traffic is passed via the bypass road west of Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne since 2001. The motorway Cossonay off the A1 ( Lausanne -Yverdon ) and Lausanne - Blécherette on the A9 (Lausanne -Sion ) are both only 5 km away from the resort.

Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne is served by the Lausanne- Echallens - Bercher train. On November 5, 1873, section from Lausanne to Cheseaux, on 2 June 1874, the sequel to Echallens was put into operation. There are also bus lines of Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne to Cossonay after Cugy.

History

The municipality's territory remains of a Roman settlement and graves were discovered from the Burgundian. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Chesaus. The Old French word Chesal refers to the ruins of a building. Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne was in the Middle Ages belonged to the noble family de Cheseaux, whose rule extended from Crissier to Echallens.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne came under the administration of the bailiwick of Lausanne. The village government owned from 1554 to 1769, the family de Loys. 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 of Lausanne.

Attractions

Already in 1174 the church of Saint -Nicolas is mentioned. The present building was erected in 1741 on the site of a previous medieval building. Under the family de Loys two castles were built: the Château- Dessus ( end of the 16th century, rebuilt in 1663 ) and the New Castle ( nouveau château ), a mansion from the 17th century, which was enlarged in the 18th century.