Denges
Denges is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The former German name Dalingen is no longer used today.
Geography
Denges is located on 399 m above sea level. M., 3.5 km east-northeast of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The village is located on the northeastern slope of the hill Monte Iron, west of the Venoge, in the Vaud Mittelland, near the north shore of Lake Geneva.
The area of 1.7 km ² large municipality area includes a flat portion in the Vaud Mittelland. The communal land extends from the winding course of the Venoge westward across the Talniederung up on the hill Monteiron on the 433 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Denges is achieved. In the north, the area extends over a valley to the slope of the plateau of Echandens. From the municipality surface 1997 41 % came from settlements, 7% of the forest and woody plants and 52% to agriculture.
To Denges include two major industrial zones. Neighboring communities of Denges are Ecublens, Saint- Sulpice, Préverenges, Lonay and Echandens.
Population
With 1572 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Denges belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 84.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 5.3 % and 2.8 % portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of Denges amounted in 1850 to 204 residents in 1900 to 213 inhabitants. Since 1950 (281 inhabitants), a rapid population increase was recorded with a quadrupling of the population within 50 years.
Economy
Denges was up in the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture village. Today, agriculture has only a marginal role in the occupational structure of the population. On the southern slopes west of Echandens there is something viticulture. Since the 1960s, two commercial and industrial zones have been established to provide numerous jobs. Among the local companies the Kodak SA, a construction materials business, a record shop and a fitness center ( Askesis SA). In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Morges and Lausanne.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Morges to Crissier. Through the northern municipality runs the A1 was opened in 1964 ( Geneva - Lausanne). The next ports are located in Morges and in Crissier.
On 1 July 1855 section was Renens - Morges railway line Lausanne- Geneva inaugurated Denges but only since 1890 has a stop. From 1969 to 1971, the large marshalling yard Lausanne Triage SBB was applied (French for marshalling yard ), which occupies about 17 hectares of the municipality of Denges with a track length of 60 km; the western part is in the field of Lonay.
History
The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 964 under the name Dallingis. Later, the names apud Dangias (1005 ) appeared, Les Denges ( 1164 ) and in 1184 the present name. The place name probably derives from the personal name Dallo and means for the people of Dallo.
In the Middle Ages in Denges had the cathedral chapter of Lausanne, the Benedictine priory of Saint- Sulpice and the abbeys Lac de Joux (L' Abbaye ) and Bellevaux land. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime Denges 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 Morges.
Attractions
Dating back to the 17th century chapel was rebuilt in 1775 to the church. The present chapel on a slightly elevated location west of the village was built in 1973. Denges belongs to the parish Lonay.