Corseaux

Corseaux

Corseaux is a municipality in the district of Riviera -Pays- d'Enhaut the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Corseaux is located on 445 m above sea level. M., 1.5 km north- west of the district town of Vevey (air line). The village extends slightly increased on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva, at the southern foot of the Mont Pelerin, in the eastern Lavaux, above Vevey.

The area of ​​1.1 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva ( about 1700 m from the lake shore line). The communal land extends from the shore to the northward slope of the Mont Pelerin up to the 500 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Corseaux is achieved. In the east the area extends to the edge of the alluvial cones of the Veveyse and is here limited by Bach Ruisseau de Bergère. From the municipal area in 1997 accounted for 74% settlements, 0 % forest and woody plants and 26% to agriculture.

To Corseaux include extensive housing estates and some wineries. Neighboring communities of Corseaux are Chardonne, Corsier sur -Vevey and Vevey.

Population

With 2145 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corseaux belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 84.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 7.1 % and 2.7 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Corseaux amounted in 1850 to 311 residents in 1900 to 456 inhabitants. Especially during the first half of the 20th century, the population increased considerably. The land reserves are largely depleted since 1990, which is why the population has since remained fairly stable. The settlement area of Corseaux has grown together seamlessly with those of Vevey and Corsier -sur- Vevey.

Economy

Corseaux was up to the early 20th century mainly by agriculture embossed village. Even today, the wine-growing ( about 20 ha ) to the optimal sunlit slopes of the Lavaux a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. The quality of the wines produced here run under the appellation Chardonne. The vineyards of Corseaux is protected by a law before redevelopment since 1973.

More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. The trade of Corseaux is aligned next to the fast moving consumer goods also on tourism. On Lake Geneva is a marina (partly in the municipality of Chardonne ). In recent decades, the village has ( with views of Lake Geneva to the Alps and in the south west to the Jura ) developed into a residential community, thanks to its attractive location. Many working population commuters, which partially work in the Vevey-Montreux region in Lausanne.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It is located just above the main road 9, which runs from Lausanne along the lake shore via Vevey and Montreux from Wallis. The nearest motorway junction on the A9 was opened in 1970 (Lausanne -Sion ), which extends above the municipal area, about 3 km from the town center.

Corseaux is crossed by railway lines Lausanne- Vevey ( without its own stop ) and Vevey- Puidoux- Chexbres. In addition Corseaux has a hold of the funicular Vevey -Mont Pelerin. For the dispersion in public transport bus route, which runs from Vevey via Corsier -sur- Vevey to Corseaux provides.

History

In Corseaux was during the Neolithic a lake settlement. Of greater importance, however, was the discovery of a burial ground of the Middle Neolithic (about 3650-3380 BC ), which was systematically excavated from 1963 to 1975. The rich finds of grave decorations ( buttons, beads, shells ) and grave goods ( jewelry ) as well as different types of burial gave an important insight into the burial rites at that time.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1147 under the name Corsial. Later, the names de Corsal ( 1179 ) published, Corsaul (1270 ) and Corsau ( 1453). The place name comes from the Latin word Corticella ( small yard ).

Since the Middle Ages Corseaux was under the Bishop of Lausanne. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. After the collapse of the ancien régime Corseaux 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 Vevey. Corseaux was part of the large parish Corsier and was only in 1816 with the separation of a politically independent community.

Attractions

Corseaux does not have its own church, it still belongs to the parish Corsier -sur- Vevey. Near the shores of the lake, Villa Le Lac (also called Petite Maison ), a Grade I listed building, which had built for his parents, the architect Le Corbusier 1923-25 ​​.