Éclagnens
Eclagnens was a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011, they went up in the new community Goumoëns.
Geography
Eclagnens is located on 593 m above sea level. M., 3.5 km west-northwest of Echallens and 15 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The farming village extends on the plateau of the Gros de Vaud, east of the river talent in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 2.1 km ² large former municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The western boundary is formed by the most tortuous course of the talent in a slightly sunken in the high plateau valley. To the east of the municipality floor extends to the plateau with the hills Les napus ( above 608 m. M. highest point of Eclagnens ) and Grands Champs (605 m above sea level. M. ). In the north, the area stretches to the valley of the brook Vouda. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 14% forest and shrubs and 81 % to agriculture.
Neighboring communities of Eclagnens were Goumoens- le -Jux, Goumoens -la -Ville, Saint -Barthélemy and Oulens -sous -Echallens.
Population
With 146 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Eclagnens was one of the smallest municipalities of the canton of Vaud. Of the residents give 100% French as their mother tongue (as of 2000). The population of Eclagnens amounted in 1850 to 147 inhabitants, 1900 also at 147 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1990 on 56 people, a significant increase in population was recorded again.
Economy
Eclagnens lives thanks to the fertile soil today from agriculture, the farming and fruit growing predominate. Outside the primary sector there are no jobs in the village. From the 17th century until 1973 were on talent a mill and a sawmill in operation. By some new residents in recent years, the village today more commuters on that work primarily in Echallens.
Traffic
Eclagnens is good transport links, although located far away from larger thoroughfares on a main road of Oulens -sous- Echallens to Goumoens -la -Ville. The highway connecting La Sarraz at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is only 2 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Chavornay, Eclagnens is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1219 under the name Claignens. Later, the names Clanens ( 1265 ), Claniens, Clagnens ( 1295) and Esclagnens published. The name goes back to the Burgundian personal names Clano and means for the people of Clano.
In the Middle Ages the feudal Eclagnens was divided among several families; In 1285 it came to the Lords of Orbe. Later, the village of de Goumoëns family belonged. After the Burgundian Wars Eclagnens came in 1476 at the Bailiwick Orbe Echallens, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. 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 Echallens.
Attractions
In Eclagnens numerous characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. The church building dates from 1836. The village does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Goumoens -la -Ville.
Personalities
- Jean -Claude Mermoud, State