Lavigny, Switzerland

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Lavigny is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Lavigny is located on 522 m above sea level. M., 7 km west of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The village is located on a sloping hillside to the south, overlooking the valley of Aubonne, opposite the town of Aubonne, a scenic location about 140 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.

The area of ​​4.0 km ² large municipality area includes a section north of Lake Geneva. The communal land extends on the slopes of Lavigny which is bounded by the valley of the Boiron de Morges to the west by the deep valley of the Aubonne, in the east. The slope is divided by the Châtelard hill (513 m above sea level. M. ) and Arborex ( 545 m above sea level. M. ). In Les Biolettes below Saint -Livres is 595 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Lavigny. Below Lavigny arise from the two streams Ruisseau de la Chaumiere and Le Flumau, which open into the Aubonne. East of the village is the pond La Gouille, a small biotope that during dry summer months dries out completely, respectively. From the municipality surface 1997 11 % came from settlements, 5% of forest and woody plants and 84 % to agriculture.

To Lavigny include the development La Vaudalle (516 m above sea level. M. ) at the edge of the plateau above the Aubonne as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Lavigny are Aubonne, Saint -Livres, Yens, Villars -sous -Yens and Etoy.

Population

With 870 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Lavigny one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 87.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.1 % and 3.0 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Lavigny amounted in 1900 to 287 inhabitants. Since 1980 (490 inhabitants), a rapid increase in population was recorded.

Economy

Lavigny was up in the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Even today, the agriculture and viticulture have some significance in the occupational structure of the population. A bigger wine region is at the exposed south-facing slopes on the left side of the valley of the Aubonne. More jobs are available in the local small businesses and especially in the service sector. 1907 on the eastern edge of the village, the institution Lavigny, a special education center for children and young people founded. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns along Lake Geneva.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Aubonne to Cossonay also has connection with Bière and Etoy. The motorway connection Aubonne at the 1964 opened A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is about 4 km away from the resort. By Postbus course, which runs from Lavigny to Morges, the village is connected to the network of public transport. Another line serves the route Etoy gare - Lavigny - Aubonne.

History

The finds of Roman milestones and early medieval cemeteries bear witness to an early settlement of the municipality. The first mention was made in 1145 under the name Lauiniaco. Later, the names Lavinei ( 1177 ), Lavigni (1210 ), Lavinie ( 1228 ), Lavigniaco ( 1269 ), Lavignye ( 1322), Lavignyer ( 1335) and Lavigniacum (1477 ) followed. The place name derives from the Latin personal name Lavinius.

Since the Middle Ages was the rule Lavigny, which was subordinated to the Lords of Aubonne. Since the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Lavigny shared the fortunes of Aubonne. With the creation of the Bailiwick Aubonne in 1701 the village was allotted to that. After the collapse of the ancien régime Lavigny 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 initially allocated to the District Aubonne, 1803 it came to the district of Morges.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint- Maurice was built in the 14th century in Gothic style shapes over a previous Romanesque. The cultivated in the 16th century chapel is also gothic. The Grand Lavigny castle was built in 1823-1824 on the foundations of a medieval building. From 1732 comes the nearby located castle Petit Lavigny. In the center some characteristic agricultural and wine houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.