Saint-Sulpice, Vaud

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Saint- Sulpice is a municipality in the district of Ouest lausannois the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Saint- Sulpice is located at 394 m above sea level. M., halfway between Morges and Lausanne, 6 km west of the capital of the canton (air line). The village is located on the southern slope of a knoll east of Venogetals, in the Vaud Mittelland, a scenic location about 20 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.

The area of ​​1.9 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the north shore of Lake Geneva. The communal land extends from the shore to the north adjacent gently sloping hillside to the main road Morges -Lausanne, which is almost throughout the northern border. The highest point of Saint- Sulpice is located 405 m above sea level. M. above the village. The western boundary runs along the Venoge, which opens with an alluvial fan in Lake Geneva. In the east the area extends to the mouth of the Chamberonne. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 74% settlements, 6% of the forest and shrubs, 19% to agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.

At Saint- Sulpice, the residential estate Les Pierettes part (375 m above sea level. M. ) on the banks of Lake Geneva. Neighboring municipalities of Saint- Sulpice are Préverenges, Denges, Ecublens and Lausanne. The settlement area of Saint- Sulpice is almost completely grown together with those of Préverenges, Ecublens and Lausanne.

Population

With 3301 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Saint- Sulpice is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 81.6% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 7.9 % and 2.8 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Saint- Sulpice in 1900 amounted to 295 residents. Throughout the 20th century, the population greatly increased continuously in recent decades (1960 only 1129 inhabitants).

Economy

Saint- Sulpice was up in the first half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture has only a marginal role in the occupational structure of the population.

Since the mid-20th century numerous companies settled especially in Venogetal. Major industries are metal construction and computer science. In the municipality of Saint- Sulpice are the sheltered workshop Polyval and since 1974 the sports center at the University of Lausanne and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL. Saint- Sulpice has a boat harbor on Lake Geneva. In recent years, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 1 from Geneva to Lausanne. The nearest motorway junction (Lausanne Malley opened in 1964 in the western city terminal of Lausanne) is about 2 km away from the resort. By bus the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise that runs from Morges to Ecublens, Saint- Sulpice is connected to the network of public transport.

History

Remains of graves from the Bronze Age and the La Tène period point to an early settlement of the municipality. Also from the Burgundian period, a burial ground was discovered. In the High Middle Ages the name was probably Cheretenges. Around 1100 the Bishop of Lausanne, left the church standing near the lake to the Abbot Robert of Molesmes. This founded in Saint- Sulpice, which was mentioned in 1228 as Sanctus Surpicius, a small Cluniac Priory, the church next to Saint -Sulpice and Saint Mary Magdalene was consecrated. In the 15th century the priory was only poorly maintained and was likely to be lifted around 1500.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Saint- Sulpice came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. The former Prioratsgüter on left Bern the city of Lausanne. This built the convent building into a mansion and sold the goods. After the collapse of the ancien régime Saint- Sulpice was 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 Morges.

Attractions

From the former priory of Saint- Sulpice, the Romanesque transept is obtained with the characteristic Burgundian crossing tower from the 12th century. The church has three apses from the founding period; in the main apse there are fragments of frescoes from the 14th century. The former Romanesque chapter house was restored in 1971. Southwest of the church are the converted into a manor in the 16th century buildings of the former priory.

Church of Saint- Sulpice