Cugy
Cugy
Cugy ( [ kyʒi ], in the local Provençal dialect [(a) tjyʣi ː ] ) is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Cugy is on 710 m above sea level. M., 7 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located on a high plateau between the talent in the north and the Mèbre in the South, in the eastern Gros de Vaud, on the western edge of the heights of the Jorat, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 3.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the higher Vaud Mittelland. The plateau of Cugy located on the watershed between the talent ( in the catchment area of the Rhine ) and the Mèbre ( in the catchment area of the Rhône). To the east of the municipality floor extends into the wooded area of La Taquette (785 m above sea level. M. ) and reached the western slope of the Jorat belonging Bois de Benenté 809 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Cugy. The northeastern boundary of most forms of talent flowing stream Ruisseau de Latigny. From the municipality surface 1997 23 % came from settlements, 37 % of forest and woody plants and 40 % to agriculture.
To Cugy include extensive new housing estates. Neighboring communities of Cugy are in the West Morrens, in the north Epinay -sur -Morrens, in the east and in the south west of Lausanne and in the south of Le Mont -sur -Lausanne.
Population
With 2535 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Cugy belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud and is also the second largest municipality in the district Echallens. Of the 88.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.1 % and 1.4 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Cugy amounted in 1850 to 230 residents in 1900 to 242 inhabitants. Since 1960 (300 inhabitants), a rapid population increase was observed with a sevenfold increase in population within 40 years. Cugy has developed into a residential suburb of Lausanne and is almost grown today with the residential area of Morrens and the commercial area of Le Mont- sur -Lausanne.
Economy
Cugy was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Today, the crop and livestock farming have hardly any significance in the occupational structure of the population. Since the late 1970s many companies took up residence in the town with the creation of new industrial zones. Today in Cugy among builders, computer science, electronic and electrotechnical industry, the body shop and the advertising industry are represented. 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 the Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It is located on a link road from Lausanne to Thierrens. The motorway connection Lausanne- Blécherette on the A9 opened in 1974 (Lausanne -Sion ) is around 4 km, the Cossonay Following the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) 8 km from the center. Cugy is served by the bus line 60 (Lausanne Froideville ) of the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise. A coach line travels from Cugy after Cheseaux -sur -Lausanne.
History
The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 968 as in villa Cuzziaco. Later, the names Cubizaca and Cubizasca ( 1079 ) published, Cuzei ( 1142 ), Cubizacha ( 1145 ), Cuzzie ( 1228 ), Cugie (1230 ), Cuzie ( 1233 ) and Cugiez ( 1254 ). The place name is probably derived from the Latin nickname Cupidus back (of Cupidus in the meanings of greedy and love ).
Cugy belonged since the Middle Ages the Cistercian abbey of Mont Heron; 1545 was the right to collect tithes on to 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 Cugy 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 Echallens.
Attractions
In Cugy was since 1394 a chapel Saint -Jean- l'Evangéliste, but no longer exists today. The village belongs to the parish Morrens. Since 1986 there is an ecumenical center. The old school house from 1837 with bell tower was rebuilt in 1974 to the church. In the old town some stately farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.