Gollion
Gollion
Gollion is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Gollion is located on 506 m above sea level. M., 8 km north of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The scattered village extends to a slightly inclined towards the south slope of the plateau of the southwestern Gros de Vaud, west of the valley of the Venoge, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 5.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion in the southwest of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The main part of the municipality of soil occupies the gently rolling plateau, in the North of Gollion on the wooded hill Brichy with 561 meters above sea level. M. reaches the highest point. In this plateau are in the north of Bach Ruisseau de l' Ouffema, cut the Senoge in the south, each of which forms the border. In the east the area extends into the Talniederung Venoge. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 11 % of forest and woody plants and 82 % to agriculture.
Gollion consists of two districts, the actual Gollion west and east of Mussel main road. To place also includes the hamlet Crausaz (450 m above sea level. M. ) on the western flank of the Venoge and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Gollion are Cossonay, Penthalaz, Penthaz, Vufflens -la -Ville, Aclens, Vuillerens and Senarclens.
Population
With 720 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Gollion one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 90.3 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.3 % and 2.0 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Gollion amounted in 1850 to 438 residents in 1900 to 456 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 351 people, a rapid population increase was observed again.
Economy
Gollion was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have some significance in the occupational structure of the population. West of the village there are some smaller wine regions. In the valley of the Venoge since the 15th century there were several mills. More jobs are available in the local manufacturing and service sectors. Gollion is home to the cantonal education center for civil defense. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in the greater Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Morges to Cossonay. By Postbus course, which runs from Morges via Aclens to Cossonay, Gollion is connected to the public transport network. However, the bus does not circulate every day.
History
The territory of Gollion was settled very early. There are preserved remains of refuges of the Helvetii, which were used in Roman and Burgundian time. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Gollun. 1235 appeared the name Gollon and 1453 Goillon. The place name comes from the word gouille ( ponds, pools of water ).
Since the Middle Ages Gollion belonged to the rule Cossonay, 1472-1677 L'Isle and then to rule until 1798 to rule Grancy. 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 Gollion 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 Cossonay.
Attractions
The Protestant parish church Gollion was built in 1749, the front tower dates from 1861. Since Crausaz In 1228 there was a Knights of St. John, whose buildings were rebuilt in the 18th century in a castle. In the center are some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.