Chessel

Chessel is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Chessel is at 379 m above sea level. M., 7 km north- west of the district town Aigle ( straight line ). The farming village extends into the Rhôneebene, east of the canalised Rhone, at the eastern foot of Grammont.

The area of ​​3.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the plane in the lower Rhone Valley. The western boundary runs along the Rhône. From here, the area extends eastward across the plain to the other side of the Grand Canal. The highest elevation reached only just 381 m above sea. M. From the municipality surface 1997, the largest 10% on settlements, 24 % of forest and shrubs, 61% to agriculture and slightly more than 5% was unproductive land.

To Chessel include the development La Combette (380 m above sea level. M. ) east of the Grand Canal and a few isolated farms. Neighboring communities of Chessel are Noville, Roche and Yvorne in the Canton of Vaud and Valais Vouvry and port in the canton of Valais.

Population

With 363 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Chessel is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the residents 90.8 % are French, 2.2 % English speaking and 1.6 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Chessel amounted in 1850 to 132 residents in 1900 to 167 inhabitants. She then remained fairly constant until 1980 (191 inhabitants). Only since a strong population growth was recorded.

Economy

Chessel was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture and fruit growing in the Rhôneebene an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are available in the local small businesses ( construction company) and the service sector. The municipality has a campground. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work mainly in the Vevey-Montreux region.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It is located on the connecting road that leads from Villeneuve to Vouvry. In Chessel is since 1839 the last road bridge over the Rhone before it flows into Lake Geneva (previously there was ferry service ). The nearest motorway junction on the A9 was opened in 1970 (Lausanne -Sion ) is around 7 km from the town center. By Postbus course, which runs from Villeneuve to Vouvry, Chessel is connected to the network of public transport.

History

Probably there was already a Roman settlement on the site of the present village. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1312 under the name Chessez. Later, the names Chessey ( 1364 ) published, Chassey ( 1403 ) and Chosel ( 1428 ). The place name is probably derived from the Roman family names Cassius.

Since the 12th century, the area was Chessel owned by the Counts of Savoy and belonged to Kastlanei Chillon. With the conquest of domination Aigle by Bern in 1476 Chessel came under the administration of the government of Aigle. 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 Aigle.

Coat of arms

Description: In gold, a blue wave beams and the left one place with the tips pointing outwards blue crescent.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint -Nicolas was founded in the 10th century. The present church shows components of the Romanesque ( round apse and nave ) and from the Gothic (chapel and tower). Fragments of wall paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries have been preserved.

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