Commugny
Commugny
Commugny is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Commugny is located on 419 m above sea level. M., in the extreme southwest of Vaud, 13 km north of the city of Geneva (air line). The village extends along the ridge which flanks the lower Lake Geneva at its western side, on both sides of the creek Greny.
The area of 6.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the back to the west of Lake Geneva. The eastern part of the municipality is located in the catchment area of the Greny, a stream which derives some of its water through a derivation of the Versoix, near Bogis -Bossey. The Greny flows in a weak Talniederung by Commugny. To the west of the municipality floor extends to the ridge and the forest area Bois de Portes, in the 483 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Commugny is achieved up to the highly meandering course of the river Versoix in the area of wetland Pré Nouveau. From the municipality surface 1997 17 % came from settlements, 20 % of forest and shrubs, 62% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Commugny include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Commugny are Chavannes -des- Bois, Tannay, Coppet, Founex and Chavannes -de- Bogis in Canton Vaud and Grilly and Divonne- les- Bains in neighboring France.
Population
With 2506 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Commugny belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 65.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 17.0 % in English and 8.3 % German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Commugny amounted in 1850 to 249 residents in 1900 to 308 inhabitants. After 1960 (439 inhabitants ) continued a rapid increase in population with a fivefold increase in the number of inhabitants within 40 years.
Economy
Commugny was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. On the outskirts of Commugny There are several smaller wine regions. Thanks to the fertile soils predominantly agriculture is operated on the remaining agricultural land. More jobs are in telecommunications, local manufacturing and service sectors. In recent decades, Commugny has developed into a residential community. Especially on the northern outskirts of the village there are extensive single-family homes and villas quarters. The settlement area of Commugny is loosely assembled with those of Tannay, Coppet and Founex. Most workers are commuters ( 75 %) who work mainly in Geneva.
Traffic
The community is a very good transport developed. It lies on the main road from Versoix to Divonne -les- Bains. The motorway connection Coppet on the A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is just 3 km from the village. By Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Coppet, Commugny is connected to the public transport network.
History
The territory was inhabited in Roman times, as testified by the remains of a villa this time. Also during the Burgundian here was a settlement. A first church was built in the 6th and 7th centuries. The area of Commugny probably came in the 9th century by gifting the property of the Abbey of Saint -Maurice.
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1018 under the name Communiacum; 1712 appeared the spelling Commagny 1778 Commugni. The place name comes from the Latin word communis (common) back. From the 10th century formed Commugny and its surroundings an enclave in the county of Geneva, which always gave rise to disputes. This was probably the reason why the abbot of Saint- Maurice Commugny 1257 sold to Peter of Savoy. 1271 came the church to the rule Coppet, so that the relative independence of Commugny ended.
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 Commugny 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
The church of Saint -Christophe stands on the site of the former Roman villa. The foundation stone for the first church was established in the 6th century. The present building dates largely from the 15th century, the bell tower was erected in 1481 on the basis of the Romanesque tradition. The nave has seven side chapels; in the north choir chapel you will find finely sculpted capitals. Excavations brought to light remains of the Roman mansion, including important paintings of the 1st century. Parts of it are preserved in the parish house, whose construction dates from 1789. The so-called Château de Marnex, a fortified house was built in 1450. In the center and in the surrounding town houses, villas and farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.