Goumoens-la-Ville

Goumoens -la -Ville was a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. July 1, 2011 Goumoens -la -Ville went up in the new community Goumoëns.

Geography

Goumoens -la- Ville is located at 618 m above sea level. M., 3 km northwest of Echallens and 16 km north of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located on the vast plateau of central Gros de Vaud, east of the talent in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​7.3 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 plateau has an average elevation of 610 meters above sea level in the range of Goumoens -la -Ville. M. on. To the south extends the church floor to the talent on the edge of the forest area Bois du Mont, in the west to the edge of the Talent Valley and the source of the stream Vouda. The northeastern part of the municipality is occupied by the vast forests Grands Bois and Bois de la Repe, in which spring the headwaters of Buron. The highest elevation of Goumoens -la -Ville is 661 meters above sea level. M. reached at the height Montanare on the edge of this forest. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 20 % of forest and woody plants and 76 % to agriculture.

The municipality Goumoens -la -Ville were numerous farmsteads. Neighboring communities of Goumoens -la -Ville were Echallens, Saint- Barthelemy, Eclagnens, Goumoens- le -Jux, Penthéréaz and Villars- le -Terroir.

Population

With 660 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Goumoens -la -Ville was one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 95.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 1.6 % and 0.7 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Goumoens -la -Ville in 1850 amounted to 443 inhabitants, 1900 to 449 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 361 people, a significant population increase has been reported with nearly a doubling of the population within 30 years.

Economy

Goumoens -la -Ville was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture (particularly cereals, sugar beet and oilseed rape), fruit growing and cattle breeding have some significance in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small businesses and in the service provided. With the growth of the population since the 1970s, some smaller companies were in the place to the ground ( in the fields of computer science and electrical engineering). In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Echallens and in the Lausanne area.

Traffic

Goumoens -la -Ville is good transport links, although located far away from larger thoroughfares on a main road of Echallens to Chavornay. The highway connecting La Sarraz at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) is just 3 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Echallens to Chavornay, Goumoens -la -Ville is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Guimuens li vila. Later, the names Gomoens, Gomuens, Gumuens and Gumoyns published. The place name is derived from the Burgundian personal names Gudemod.

Goumoens -la -Ville belonged in the Middle Ages, first to rule Goumoens the same noble family which is mentioned in the 11th century and resided in Goumoens -le- Châtel, now known as Saint -Barthélemy. Parts of the village were also the Bishop of Lausanne and the cathedral chapter. In the course of the 13th century, the non-contiguous territory was split into three parts. The rule has now been produced Goumoens -la -Ville was ruled by a side branch of the Goumoens family, who resided in the Château - Lingerie 1447 the demesne Goumoens- le -Jux acquired.

After the Burgundian Wars Goumoens -la -Ville in 1476 came to the Bailiwick Orbe Echallens, which was under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. The Reformation was only adopted in 1575 by the villagers. 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

The Protestant parish church was mentioned in the 12th century as the center of a large parish, to which also belonged Echallens. They first subordinate to the abbey Montbenoît in France, after 1476 the Abbey Lac de Joux (L' Abbaye ). The church was remodeled and restored in the 15th and 16th centuries as well as 1848 and is now a listed building. Inside Gothic wall paintings have survived from the 14th century.

The Castle (Château - lingerie) originates in the core of the Middle Ages and has three square towers and a prison tower. These homes were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The castle now houses a social medical center and a nursing home. In the center of Goumoens -la -Ville some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. The town's landmark is a 1940 erbauter, highly visible, 37 m high water tower on the hill north of the village.