Givrins
Givrins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Givrins is located on 546 m above sea level. Level, 6 km north- northwest of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The village is located on the lower Jura south slope, east of Taleinschnitts the Colline, in a scenic location around 170 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of 4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope. The communal land extends to the northwest through the gently rising slope initially in the area of the village and then over the steep wooded slopes of the Côtes de Givrins to the edge of the plateau at Saint- CERGUE. This is where having 1,020 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Givrins. The western boundary is formed by the valley section of the creek Colline, in the headwaters of the Combe de CREVA Tsevau, a steep valley below Saint- Cergue is located. From the municipality surface 1997 12 % came from settlements, 44 % was on forest and shrubs, 43% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% of unproductive land.
To Givrins include several large single-family house neighborhoods to the forest above the village as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Givrins are Saint- CERGUE, Trélex, Duillier, Genolier and Arzier.
Population
With 917 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Givrins one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 76.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 10.1 % in English and 10.0 % in German (as of 2000). The population of Givrins amounted in 1850 to 317 residents in 1900 to 299 inhabitants. After 1960 (228 inhabitants ) continued a rapid increase in population with a quadrupling of the number of inhabitants within 40 years.
Economy
Givrins was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture is focused on agriculture at the foot of the Jura, in the lowest part of the municipality, there is a small vineyard. Because of the relatively large proportion of forest had since the 17th century and the forestry of some importance. For more jobs in our local manufacturing and service sectors. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work mainly in Nyon and Geneva.
Traffic
Although the community is located off of larger thoroughfares, but traffic still technically well developed. The motorway connection Nyon on the A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is just 4 km away from the resort. On 12 July 1916, the railway line was Nyon - Saint- CERGUE taken with a station in Givrins in operation.
History
The municipal area traces of settlement from the Roman period and early medieval tomb were discovered. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1154 under the name Geurins, later, the names appeared Giuriacum ( 1155 ), Gyvrins ( 1387 ), Gevryn ( 1517) and Giurins. The place name derives probably from the Burgundian personal names Giverius.
Givrins shelter since the Middle Ages the rule Genolier. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Givrins came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Nyon. 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 Nyon.
Attractions
The Church of Givrins was built in 1964; the place belongs since 1840 to the parish Genolier. In the center a few farm houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.