La Chaux (Cossonay)
Church of La Chaux ( Cossonay )
La Chaux ( Cossonay ) ( [ la ʃo ], Provençal in the local dialect [(a) la ʦo ] ) is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Until 1952 the town was called officially La Chaux (VD ).
Geography
La Chaux ( Cossonay ) lies at 557 m above sea level. Level, 12 km north of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The village is located in the valley of the Veyron, in the western Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 6.7 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating Vaud Mittelland. The area is from south to north by the broad basin of the Veyron, a right tributary of the Venoge, traversed. To the east of the municipality floor extends to the edge of the forest area Bois du Sépey (up to 620 m above sea level. M. ). To the west of La Chaux extends over the height Chantemerle (608 m above sea level. M. ) and the little valley of Gebre (inflow of the Veyron ) down to the foot of the Jura plateau, where 623 m above sea level. M. is reached the highest point. In a small corner of the area extends to the Venoge at the farm cluster Le Vallon. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 17 % of forest and woody plants, 76 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.
At La Chaux ( Cossonay ) include the village Itten (560 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern side of the Veyron and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of La Chaux ( Cossonay ) are Cossonay, Senarclens, Grancy, Chavannes -le- Veyron, Cuarnens, Moiry, Chevilly and Dizy.
Population
With 396 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) La Chaux ( Cossonay ) belongs to the small municipalities of the canton of Vaud. Of the 90.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.0 % and 2.0 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of La Chaux ( Cossonay ) amounted in 1850 to 484 residents in 1900 to 364 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 214 people, a significant population increase was observed again since then.
Economy
La Chaux ( Cossonay ) was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture, animal husbandry and dairy industry have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. 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 easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Cossonay over the Col du Mollendruz in the Vallée de Joux. Even with La Sarraz and has Morges La Chaux ( Cossonay ) good connections. By Postbus course, which runs from Cossonay to L' Isle, the village is connected to the public transport network.
History
The municipality's territory remains of two Roman villas were found. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name La Chaus. 1277 appeared the name domus de Calce and 1450 in Calcis Vuodo. The place name derives from the Latin word calx (limestone). The hamlet Itten was first mentioned in the year 964 as Villa Ittinges. Later, the spellings Idens (1005 ), Itteins ( 1238 ) and in 1387 the present name was handed down, which goes back to the Burgundian personal name Itto and means for the people of the Itto.
La Chaux ( Cossonay ) and Itten belonged in the Middle Ages to the Lords of Cossonay. This gave La Chaux 1223 the Knights Templar while they kept Itten. As of this Order in 1311, La Chaux came to the Hospitallers. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, La Chaux, and Itten came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. With the introduction of the Reformation, the Knights Coming was secularized. 1674 the two villages were merged due to a marriage between the owners of the respective rule. After the collapse of the ancien régime La Chaux 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 present parish church of Saint -Michel was built after several reconstructions (especially 1613 and 1781) from the former chapel of the 15th century. The former monastery church no longer exists. After the Reformation, the Commandery was converted into a mansion.