Lussery-Villars

Lussery -Villars is a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The double municipality was created on 1 January 1999 by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Lussery and Villars- Lussery.

Geography

Lussery -Villars is located on 494 m above sea level. M., 2.5 km northeast of Cossonay and 15 km north- west of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located on the western flank of the Venoge, in the Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​3.7 km ² large municipality area includes a section of Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The communal land extending from the wide Talniederung the middle Venoge to the west slope of the Lussery Villars - up to the adjacent high plateau on which 571 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 9% of forest and shrubs, 84 % to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.

Lussery -Villars consists of the two villages Lussery ( 494 m above sea level. M. ) and Villars ( 492 m above sea level. M. ) halfway up the hillside west of the Venoge as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Lussery -Villars are Südweseten Cossonay, in the west Dizy, in the north -west of La Sarraz, in the north Eclépens, in the east and in the south Daillens Penthalaz.

Population

With 372 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Lussery -Villars is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 2.8 % and 1.2 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Lussery -Villars amounted in 1900 to 286 inhabitants. After the population had declined by 1980 to 178 people, a significant increase in population was recorded again. 1997 included Lussery 168 inhabitants and Villars- Lussery 156 inhabitants.

Economy

Lussery and Villars- Lussery were up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly dominated by agriculture villages. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In the village there is an ironwork atelier. At the Venoge below Lussery is a mill since the 17th century. In recent decades, Lussery -Villars has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding villages and in the Lausanne area.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed, although it is located away from larger thoroughfares. Road connections are available to Cossonay, Eclépens and Penthalaz. The motorway La Sarraz and Cossonay at the 1981 opened A1 (Lausanne -Yverdon ) are each approximately 6 km from the village. The villages are connected by a bus to Cossonay -Gare to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village Lussery was in 1147 under the name Luseri. Beginning of the 13th century appeared the name Luxirie, then Lussirie (1230 ), and appointed luxury Luxirier ( 1387 ), Luxurier ( 1461 ) and Luxiry (1699 ). The place name comes from the personal name Luxurius.

In the Middle Ages the cathedral chapter of Lausanne and the Abbey Lac de Joux had (L' Abbaye ) real estate on the territory of the villages. Since the late 13th century Lussery and Villars- Lussery formed a rule, the later was lower than that of the lords of La Sarraz time, under the suzerainty of the Lords of Cossonay. 1664 the rule was divided. While Lussery be hosted in the aftermath of Cossonay remained Villars- Lussery in the influence area of ​​the rule Eclépens and formed after 1674 its own rule.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Lussery came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime the villages from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic belonged to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 were allocated to the District Cossonay.

On 1 January 1999 merged the two communities.

Attractions

The old mill on the Venoge with large paddle wheels dates from the 17th century. On the field, between the villages Lussery and Villars- Lussery the new Reformed church was built in the 1990s. In the villages, some farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.