Noville, Switzerland
On Lake Geneva
Noville is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Noville is located at 378 m above sea level. M., 8 km north- west of the district town Aigle ( straight line ). The village is located in the wide valley east of the Rhone, just before its confluence with Lake Geneva at the foot of the Vaud Alps.
The area of 10.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Rhone Valley. The municipality extends from the bottom channeled over the Rhône eastwards across the flat Talniederung and the Grand Canal to the agricultural areas of Noville. The eastern boundary is the Eau Froide which opens at Villeneuve in Lake Geneva. Along the bank of Geneva, which is part of Noville between the mouths of the Rhone River and Eau Froide, the nature reserve wetland Grangettes is with extensive reed beds and marshes, ponds and forests. The Ile de Peilz is 500 meters from the shore. The highest point of Noville is at 381 m above sea level. M. reached at Crebelley. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 37 % of forest and shrubs, 43% to agriculture and slightly more than 12 % was unproductive land.
To Noville include the hamlet Crebelley ( 379 m above sea level. M. ) in the Rhôneebene east of the Grand Canal and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Noville are Villeneuve, Rennaz, Roche and Chessel, Canton of Vaud, and Port-Valais Canton Valais.
Population
With 769 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Noville one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 89.5% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.0 % and 2.6 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Noville amounted in 1900 to 415 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population remained fairly constant. Only since 1980 (427 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.
Economy
Noville was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, agriculture and fruit growing in the Rhôneebene an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In the village, a nursery, a carpenter, a shipbuilding company and a mechanical workshop are located. The municipality has a campground near the shores of Lake Geneva. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work mainly in the Vevey-Montreux region.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It is located on the connecting road that leads from Villeneuve to Vouvry. The nearest motorway junction on the A9 was opened in 1970 (Lausanne -Sion ) is approximately 3 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Villeneuve to Vouvry, Noville is connected to the network of public transport.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1177 under the name of Villa Nova; 1342 appeared the name Novella. The village was founded by residents of the neighboring Villeneuve. Since the Middle Ages Noville was under the Counts of Savoy.
With the conquest of domination Aigle by Bern in 1476 Noville came under the administration of the government of Aigle. 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 Aigle. Its present boundaries was Noville until 1834 after the separation of Rennaz.
As part of the embankment of the Rhône in the second half of the 19th century a large part of the wetland was drained south of Lake Geneva and won valuable farmland.
Coat of arms
Description: In a Blue rotbewehrter and gezungter golden griffin.
Attractions
The Church of Noville dates from the Middle Ages and has wall paintings from the 14th century on. They first belonged to the bishop of Sion and stood since 1177 under the care of the Canons of the Great Saint Bernard. The residential building of the homestead Essert was built after 1718.
Personalities
- Mathéo Tuscher (* 1996), Swiss racing driver