Saint-Livres
Saint -Livres
Saint -Livres is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Saint -Livres is located on 603 m above sea level. M., 8 km west of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The village extends over the valley of the Aubonne, on a sloping hillside to the south of the Jura plateau, in a scenic location around 230 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of 8.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura plateau. The western boundary is always formed the deeply cut into the molasse of the Plateau Valley of Aubonne. To the east extends the communal land of the slightly inclined to the south slopes of Saint -Livres to the stream of Boiron. The plateau in the northern part of its territory is occupied by vast forests, namely the Bois Robert ( 691 m above sea level. M. ) and from the Bois d' Etoy, in the 717 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Saint -Livres is achieved. This forest area is traversed by the Arroyo Les Léchères that once served as a meltwater channel at the edge of the glacial Rhone Glacier. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 44 % of forest and woody plants and 49% to agriculture.
At Saint -Livres include some Hofsiedlungen and individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Saint -Livres are Bière, Montreal Herod, Aubonne, Lavigny and yen.
Population
With 689 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Saint -Livres one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 91.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.5 % and 1.9 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Saint -Livres amounted in 1900 to 486 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 354 to 1980 inhabitants, a significant population increase has been recorded again since then.
Economy
Saint -Livres 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 left flank of the Aubonne below the village there is a 40 ha large wine region. Otherwise, the agriculture, forestry whereby the meaning of dominated. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns along Lake Geneva their work. A part of the Arboretum Aubonne is in the municipality of Saint -Livres.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road that leads from Aubonne to Bière. A local bypass relieves the village center from through traffic. The highway connection to the Aubonne opened in 1964 A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is about 5 km from the center. By Postbus course, which runs from Aubonne to Etoy, the place is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Sanctus Liberius, which goes back to the Pope Liberius. Saint -Livres under stand the medieval Bishop of Lausanne. This gave the village in 1259 as a fief to Peter of Savoy. Later, Saint -Livres came to the Lords of Aubonne. Since the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, told Saint -Livres the fortunes of Aubonne and came in 1701 to the bailiwick Aubonne. 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 Aubonne.
Attractions
The mentioned in the 13th century village church was owned by the Canons of the Great Saint Bernard. In 1457 the church was built, since she learned multiple changes and renovations. It contains stained glass by J. Prahin of 1966. Compact built in the village, some characteristic agricultural and wine farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.