Mies
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Mies is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Mies is situated on 410 m above sea level. M., in the extreme southwest of Vaud, 12 km north of the city of Geneva (air line). The village is located near the western shore of Lake Geneva on a slightly towards the lake sloping hillside, south of the small Taleinschnitts the stream Nant.
The area of 3.5 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the western shore of Lake Geneva. The communal land extends from the lake westward across the riparian corridors and on the adjacent ridge to the forest Forêt de Veytay. The highest elevation of 455 m above sea Mies achieved. M. The western boundary of the municipal area runs along the canalized Creuson, a side stream of Versoix. The northern boundary is formed first from the stream Torry and after its confluence with the Nant from this. The Nant, which flows directly into the lake, has created a small valley at Mies. The municipal area also includes two nature reserves Gouille Marion, a pond with adjoining marshland in the Forêt de Veytay, and Les Crénées on the shores of Lake Geneva. From the municipality surface 1997 29 % came from settlements, 35 % of forest and shrubs, 35 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
For Mies include extended family house and villa quarters and the Good Veytay (450 m above sea level. M. ) on the ridge. Neighboring communities of mussels are Tannay and Chavannes -des- Bois in the canton of Vaud in the canton of Geneva and Versoix.
Population
With 1743 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Mies is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 73.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 10.1 % in English and 6.5 % German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Mies amounted in 1850 to 162 residents in 1900 to 223 inhabitants. Especially in recent decades, there was a strong increase in population (1960 only 640 inhabitants).
Economy
Mies was up in the first half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture plays as a source of income for the villagers, only a marginal role, she focuses on farming. The Good Veytay is 150 hectares, the largest in the canton of Vaud. More jobs are available in the local industry and especially services. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work predominantly in Geneva.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the road from Versoix to Divonne -les- Bains. On April 24, 1858, the railway line from Coppet after Versoix was taken with a stop in Mies in operation. Along the lakeshore Main road 1
History
Mies can look back on a very long urban tradition. The municipality's territory remains were discovered from all eras since the Bronze Age. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1345 under the name of Mie. Kitty, Mier, Myez, Myer, Myes and only in 1912 Mies: In the following years numerous other spellings appeared. The origin of the place name is disputed, he is probably derived from the Old French mi (in the middle of ), which refers to half the path length from Geneva to Nyon or from Versoix to Coppet.
Mies was in the Middle Ages to the rule Coppet. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Nyon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Mies 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 of Nyon.
Attractions
The Municipal House by Mies was built in 1912. From 1855 comes the bridge over the Torry. The estate of Château Crénées is located slightly above the shores of Lake Geneva. Mies does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Commugny.