Chigny, Switzerland
Chigny
Chigny ( [ ʃini ] or [ ʃiɲi ], in the local Provençal dialect [(a) ʒəɲi ː ] ) is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Chigny is located on 445 m above sea level. M., 2 km north-west of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The farming village extends to a slightly inclined to the south -west slope of the valley of Morges, in a scenic location around 70 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of only just 0.9 km ² large municipality area includes a small section of the Vaud Mittelland hinterland of Morges. The communal land extends from the flat surface to the north of Lake Geneva northward to the adjoining wall. Below Vufflens -le- Château is 462 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Chigny. The eastern boundary is the slightly deepened and forested hills and plateaus in the valley of Morges. From the municipality surface 1997 17 % came from settlements, 5% of forest and woody plants and 78% to agriculture.
To Chigny next to the Set amongst vineyards compact old town center include the hamlet of La Motte (440 m above sea level. M. ) southwest of the village and the housing estates La Morgette (410 m above sea level. M. ) in the left flank of the Morges and L' Eglantine ( 425 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau below the village. Neighboring communities of Chigny are Morges, Tolochenaz, Lully and Vufflens -le- Château.
Population
With 331 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Chigny is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the residents 85.3 % are French, 4.3 % English speaking and German-speaking 3.5 % (as of 2000). The population of Chigny amounted in 1850 to 119 residents in 1900 to 147 inhabitants. Since 1960 (115 inhabitants ) continued rapid population growth, with a doubling of the number of inhabitants within 40 years.
Economy
Chigny was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the wine-growing on the southern slopes around the village and agriculture on the plateau below Chigny have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. 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 Morges and Lausanne.
Traffic
Although the community is located off of larger thoroughfares, but traffic still technically well developed. It is located on the main road from Morges to Vufflens -le- Château. The motorway connection Morges- Ouest at the 1964 opened A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is about 2 km from Chigny away. On 1 July 1895, the narrow gauge railway Bière -Apples- Morges was taken with a stop at Chigny in operation.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1221 under the name Chinie. 1228 appeared the spelling Chinni and 1232 Chignie. The place name probably derives from the personal name Canius. Since the Middle Ages Chigny belonged to the rule Vufflens -le- Château. 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 Chigny 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 Morges. Chigny does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish since the Reformation Vufflens -le- Château.