Luins
Luins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Luins is located on 460 m above sea level. M., 7 km north- northeast of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The wine village extends slightly increased at the lower southern slopes of the Vaud Cote, in a scenic location around 80 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of 2.7 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the western part of Côte Vaud. The communal land extends from the plateau at the foot of the Côte between the streams of Lavasson in the west and in the east to the north Dullive the Rebhang the Côte way up to the plateau at Burtigny. Here is 726 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Luins. From the municipality surface 1997 11 % came from settlements, 12% of forest and shrubs, 76 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Luins include the hamlets of Le Bagnu ( 445 m above sea level. M. ) and Combes ( 475 m above sea level. M. ) on the slopes of the Côte west of the village, one of the houses of Le Vernay (417 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau at the foot of the slope, as well as several wineries and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Luins are England, Begnins, Burtigny, Vinzel, Bursins and Dully.
Population
With 592 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Luins is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 79.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 7.5 % and 6.5 % portugiesischsprachig English speaking ( as of 2000). The population of Luins amounted in 1900 to 266 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 226 to 1980 inhabitants, since a doubling of the population was observed, although in 1979 a very restrictive land management plan was put into effect.
Economy
Luins was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Still plays agriculture as a branch of the population an important role. On the whole slope of the Côte below an altitude of 550 m to 600 m above sea level. M. is operated viticulture. On the plateau at the foot of the slope prevail in the fertile soil farming and fruit growing, while outweighs the dairy industry on the plateau of Burtigny. More jobs are in the manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers working abroad and commute in some cases up to the cities of Lausanne and Geneva.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road that leads from Nyon along the slopes of the Côte after Aubonne. The highway connection to England in 1964 opened A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ), which crosses the municipality is approximately 3 km from the resort. By Postbus course, which runs from England to role Luins is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first documentary mention of the place was already in 1115 under the present name; 1335 appeared the spelling Luyns. Since the Middle Ages Luins belonged to the rule Cossonay; in the 15th century was under the rule of the village of Mont- le -Vieux. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Luins came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. 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 role.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint- Pierre is on a slope above the village amidst the vines. It belonged in the Middle Ages the Benedictine priory Payerne. The present building dates from 1674th The Castle of Luins was built in the 18th century. In the center some characteristic wine farmhouses of the 17th to the 19th century.