Saint-Saphorin
Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux)
Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) is a municipality in the district of Lavaux -Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Saint- Saphorin (Lavaux ) lies at 403 m above sea level. M., 14 km east-southeast of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The wine village extends on a narrow spur on the foot of the Lavaux vineyards, a scenic location about 30 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva at the foot of Mont Pelerin.
The area of 0.9 km ² only just large municipal area comprises a portion of Lavaux on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva ( 1 km lake shore line). The communal land extends from the lake north the steep slope of Saint- Saphorin up and in a narrow tip on the plateau west of the Mont Pelerin. With 715 m above sea level. M. is achieved above Lignières on the slopes of Mont Pelerin the highest point of Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux). The eastern boundary is always formed the Bach Salenche. From the municipality surface 1997 27 % came from settlements, 11 % of forest and shrubs, 61% to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.
At Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) includes the hamlet Lignières ( 636 m above sea level. M. ) on the southwestern slope of the Mont Pelerin and some individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) are Rivaz, Chexbres, Puidoux and Chardonne.
Population
With 339 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Saint- Saphorin heard (Lavaux ) to the small municipalities of the canton of Vaud. Of the 88.2% of residents are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.5% and 2.9 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Saint- Saphorin (Lavaux ) amounted in 1900 to 410 inhabitants. Thereafter, through constant migration to 1970 recorded a decrease to 245 inhabitants; Since then, the population rose sharply again, particularly by new buildings above the vineyards.
Economy
Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the wine has the best sun-drenched slopes of the Lavaux ( about 40 ha) an important place in the economic structure of the population. In Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) quality wines of the appellation Saint- Saphorin, Dézaley and calamine are generated. On the heights above the vineyards agriculture and cattle breeding.
More jobs are available ( wine cellar and actions ) in the service sector. The industry is today focused on tourism. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and in the Vevey-Montreux region.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 9, which runs from Lausanne along the lake shore via Vevey and Montreux from Wallis. The nearest motorway junction on the A9 opened in 1974 (Lausanne -Sion ) is located at Chexbres, approximately 3 km from the village. On April 2, 1861, the Lausanne -Villeneuve section of the railway line from Lausanne was taken to the Valais with a railway station in Saint- Saphorin in operation.
History
The municipality of Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) was already inhabited in Roman times. It remains of a Roman villa and a milestone were found from this period. Even from the early Christian and the Burgundian traces remain. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1134 under the name de Sancto Sufforiano. Later, the names Sanctus Simphorianus ( 1228 ) published, p Safurin ( 1256) and Saymsafurin ( 1284). The place name, which was in Latin Sansaphorinum, goes back to the Holy Symphorien of Autun.
Since the 12th century was under Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) the Bishop of Lausanne. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. After the collapse of the ancien régime Saint- Saphorin belonged (Lavaux ) 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 Lavaux. It was not until 1810 the parish of Saint- Saphorin was divided into the now politically independent communities Chexbres, Puidoux, Rivaz and Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux).
Attractions
The first church was probably built in the 1st or 2nd century AD. In the 5th century came to this spot an early Christian mausoleum, in the 11th century a medieval church, which was in turn from 1520 to 1530, replaced by a new structure, today's Reformed Church of Saint- Symphorien. The three-nave church in the Gothic Flamboyant has a Renaissance portal, a major glass paintings and near the main entrance a walled Roman milestone and a Roman altar.
Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) has a picturesque medieval townscape with narrow streets and characteristic winegrowers' houses from the 16th to 19th centuries. The parsonage with an arcaded ground floor dates from the 16th century. The Auberge de l' Onde still carries a tavern sign from in 1750.
On the lake shore west of Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux) was formerly the hamlet Glérolles. Today, only the castle stands Glérolles which was built in the early 14th century. From the original building only the tower is still standing, but was reduced in the 19th century. The east tower adjoining the residential buildings are from the 15th and 16th centuries; further alterations were made in the 19th century.