Onnens

Onnens

Onnens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Onnens is located on 477 m above sea level. M., 7 km north-east of the district capital Yverdon- les- Bains ( straight line ). The village is located on a slight elevation at the foot of the Jura, near the western shore of Lake Neuchâtel.

The area of ​​5.1 km ² large municipality area comprises a narrow section on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel. The communal land extends from the flat riparian strips northward on the terrace of Onnens and the steep, densely forested slopes of the Jura ( Bois de Chenes and Bois de Vuillerens ) up to the crest of Mont Aubert, on the covers 1,300 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. At the foot of Mont Aubert is the nature reserve Chassagne. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 49 % of forest and woody plants and 44% to agriculture.

To Onnens include some isolated farms of the Jura foothills and appendix. Neighboring communities of Onnens are Bonvillars and Corcelles- près -Concise.

Population

With 477 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Onnens is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 89.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.5 % and 2.0 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Onnens amounted in 1900 to 341 inhabitants but then decreased to 223 to 1970 inhabitants. Since then, a significant population increase was recorded again.

Economy

Onnens was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Thanks to the fertile soils of the Jura foothills of agriculture has great significance today. At the optimally exposed to the sun hanging vines growing. For more jobs in our local small businesses. On the municipal boundary between Onnens and Bonvillars are 1973 built huge warehouses of Fabriques de tabacs réunies SA. In recent decades, Onnens has developed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work mainly in Yverdon.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It lies on the main road 5 of Neuchâtel to Yverdon. With the opening of the motorway A5 ( Yverdon- Neuchatel ) in May 2005, the city experienced a significant traffic relief. The nearest links to the motorway which runs through the municipality, is located approximately 3 km from the center. On 7 November 1859, the railway line was opened to Neuchâtel at Yverdon, the station Onnens - Bonvillars lies on the boundary of the municipality. For the dispersion in public transport, the bus route from Yverdon, acting in accordance Gorgier.

History

Even during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, the municipality of Onnens was settled, this is proved by the finds of remains of pile dwellings on the lake shore. Other traces of settlement have been found from the Hallstatt period and Roman period.

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Unens, whose origin is due to personal names such as Una or Oni. Since the Middle Ages Onnens belonged to the rule Grandson. After 1476 Grandson was a bailiff under the general rule of Bern and Fribourg. After the collapse of the ancien régime Onnens 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.

Attractions

The present building of the Reformed Church of Saint -Martin is from 1722., The predecessor of this church belonged to the Carthusian monastery of La Lance at Concise since the 14th century. The Gothic choir was the new building preserved and integrated into the church. It shows significant wall paintings from the 14th century. In the old town of the wine village of some characteristic farmhouses of the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.