Corsier-sur-Vevey
Church of Corsier -sur -Vevey
Corsier -sur -Vevey is a municipality in the district of Riviera -Pays- d'Enhaut the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. By the end of 1952, the village was called officially Corsier (VD), after that it took for easier distinction of the Geneva community Corsier to its present name.
Geography
Corsier -sur -Vevey is situated 420 meters above sea level. M., 1 km north of the district main town Vevey ( straight line ). The village extends slightly elevated on a terrace north of the backfill of the Veveyse at its confluence with Lake Geneva alluvial, at the southern foot of the Mont Pelerin, in the extreme southeast of the Lavaux.
The area of 6.7 km ² large municipality area includes a section near the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva. The municipality extends from the alluvial soil of the Veveyse in a narrow strip to the north- east to below Châtel -Saint -Denis and includes the right ( northwest ) side of the valley of the Veveyse. The deeply incised into a valley creek forms the boundary. On the southern slope of the pre-alpine mountain Mont Vuarat is 950 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Corsier -sur -Vevey achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 19 % came from settlements, 32 % of forest and shrubs, 48% to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.
To Corsier -sur -Vevey include the industrial estate Fenil ( 545 m above sea level. M. ) on a ridge above the Veveyse, the scattered settlement Monts de Corsier (760 m above sea level. M. ) on the southeast slope of Mount Vuarat and numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Corsier -sur- Vevey Saint- Légier -La Chiésaz, Vevey, Corseaux, Chardonne and Jongny in the Canton of Vaud and Attalens, Remaufens and Châtel -Saint -Denis in the Canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 3305 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corsier -sur -Vevey is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 79.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.5 % and 3.7 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Corsier -sur -Vevey, 1850 amounted to 1096 inhabitants, 1888 to 2676 inhabitants, 1900 ( after the assignment of quarters to Vevey) only on 1195 inhabitants. In the 20th century the population, especially from 1950 to 1980 increased sharply. Since then, the population remained fairly stable since the land reserves in the vicinity of the former village center are largely depleted. The settlement area of Corsier -sur -Vevey has grown together seamlessly with those of Vevey and Corseaux.
Economy
Corsier -sur -Vevey was until the end of the 19th century, mainly stamped by agriculture village. After that started to develop for residential, industrial and tourist community.
Even today, the wine-growing ( about 20 ha ) to the optimal sunlit slopes of the Lavaux above the village a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. The quality of the wines produced here run under the appellation Chardonne. At higher elevations, farming, dairy farming and cattle breeding.
More jobs are in industry and especially in the services available. The Commercial Chardonne is aligned next to the fast moving consumer goods and tourism. In recent decades, with the creation of industrial and commercial zone Fenil numerous companies have settled in the village. In Corsier -sur -Vevey are establishments in the construction and transport industry, precision engineering and the tobacco industry, which represented Serono Biotech Center, and wine shops. Above the village is the psychiatric hospital Nant. Corsier -sur -Vevey has gradually developed into a residential community. 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 from Lausanne to Vevey along the lake shore, the main road branches off from the 12 here to Châtel -Saint- Denis. The nearest motorway junction on the A9 was opened in 1970 (Lausanne -Sion ), which runs through the municipality, approximately 2 km from the center. Corsier -sur -Vevey is connected by bus with the Vevey railway station, which lies just outside the municipal area.
History
In the field of Corsier -sur -Vevey graves were discovered from the time of the Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1079 under the name Corsie. Later, the names Corsiey ( 1147 ), Corsiacum ( 1179 ), Corgie ( 1180) and Corsiez ( 1453) appeared. The place name is derived from the Roman family names Curtius.
Corsier -sur -Vevey shelter since its first mention of the Bishop of Lausanne, but still came in the late 11th century as a fief to the family of Blonay. This was a part of the fief in 1284 the Lords of Oron. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 came Corsier -sur -Vevey under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. 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 of Vevey.
Corsier made since the Middle Ages a large parish, which also included Chardonne, Corseaux and Jongny. These villages were politically independent communities until the dissolution of the large parish in 1816. Another significant boundary change in 1892 made while the outskirts located in Vevey on the alluvial fan of the Veveyse quarters Arabie, plan Lingerie, Plan- Dessus, Sous- Crêts, Corsets and Faubourg -Saint -Antoine Corsier -sur -Vevey separated and were incorporated to Vevey.
Attractions
A parish church is first mentioned in 1079. In today's church, the tower of the Romanesque previous building and parts of the choir with wall paintings from the 15th century are integrated. The three-aisled nave and its side chapels date from the period around 1600. The parsonage was built in 1592 was remodeled in the 18th century.
Another important buildings are the Maison laïque ( with Renaissance-style sculptures ), the Berne vineyard house ( 1583-1585 ), the Maison Cuénod and the Maison De Montet (both 18th century), the Hôtel de Ville (17th century) and the Châtelard castle ( 17th and 18th centuries ) to mention. Built in 1840 mansion Manoir de Ban was from 1953 to 1977 residence of Charlie Chaplin. Currently here is the Charlie Chaplin Museum is established.