Coinsins
Coinsins, painting by Barthelmy Menn
Coinsins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Coinsins is located on 472 m above sea level. M., 4.5 km north of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The village is located on a terrace at the foot of the Jura, on the northern edge of the valley of the Promenthouse.
The area of 2.9 km ² large municipality territory, which includes a section at the foot of the Jura. The communal land river extends the Promenthouse northward over the Talniederung and the terrain terrace of Coinsins to the edge of the Bois de Chenes. In a wooded area is the pond Baigne aux Chevaux and the bog Grand Marais. The western boundary is formed by the Ruisseau de Cordex, the eastern border runs along the Talhangs of Serine. The highest point of Coinsins is located at 510 m above sea level. M. on the southern edge of the Bois de Chenes. From the municipality surface 1997 14 % came from settlements, 16 % of forest and woody plants, 69 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Coinsins include some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Coinsins are in the south Duillier, in the southeast Prangins, in the east Vich, in the north and in the west Genolier Givrins.
Population
With 394 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Coinsins one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the residents 78.3 % are French, 7.3 % English speaking and 6.3 % in German (as of 2000). The population of Coinsins amounted in 1850 to 157 residents in 1900 to 188 inhabitants. After 1970 (169 inhabitants ) continued rapid population growth, with a doubling of the population within 30 years.
Economy
Coinsins was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. On the southern slope below and east of Coinsins there is a large wine-growing region. Thanks to the fertile soils predominantly agriculture is operated on the remaining agricultural land. In the new industrial zone, among other things, an operation for pharmaceutical products, an electro-mechanical operation and a paint store settled. In recent decades, Coinsins has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work primarily in Nyon.
Traffic
Although the community is located off of larger thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from England. The highway connecting England to the A1 ( Geneva, Lausanne) is just 2 km from the village. By Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Gimel, Coinsins is connected to the public transport network.
History
At a very early settlement of the municipality interpret finds of Bronze Age hearths, of the remains of a Roman villa and of early medieval graves out. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1212 under the name Quinsins. Later, the spellings Quincins ( 1215), Quintins ( 1238 ), Cuynsins ( 1296 ), Cuinchins ( 1303), Cuinsins ( 1306) and Cuynsins ( 1332 ) published.
Since the beginning of the 13th century lived in Coinsins a noble family, who acted as vassals of the lords of Aubonne. Also the monastery Oujon ( at Arzier ) had with the court Mimorey land at Coinsins. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Nyon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Coinsins 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 Nyon.
Attractions
At the eastern entrance to the village is the Castle of Coinsins, which was built in 1725. It shows shapes of the Empire style. In the center some wine farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. Coinsins does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish since the Reformation Vich.