Tannay, Switzerland
Tannay is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Tannay is located on 410 m above sea level. M., in the extreme southwest of Vaud, 12 km north of the city of Geneva (air line). The village is located near the western shore of Lake Geneva on a slightly towards the lake sloping hillside, north of the small Taleinschnitts the stream Nant.
The area of 1.8 km ² large municipality area includes a small section on the western shore of Lake Geneva. The communal land extends from the lake westward across the riparian corridors and on the adjacent ridge. The highest elevation of 463 m above sea Tannay achieved. M. The western boundary of the municipal area runs along the canalized Creuson, a side stream of Versoix. The southern boundary is formed first from the stream Torry and after its confluence with the Nant from this. The Nant, which flows directly into the lake, has created a small valley at Tannay. From the municipality surface 1997 34 % came from settlements, 14% forest and shrubs, 51% to agriculture and about 1% was unproductive land.
To Tannay include extended family house districts. Neighboring communities of Tannay are Mies, Chavannes -des- Bois, Commugny and Coppet.
Population
With 1430 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Tannay belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 70.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 10.0 % in German and 9.1 % English speaking (as of 2000). The population of Tannay amounted in 1900 to 135 inhabitants. After 1960 (360 inhabitants ) continued a rapid increase in population by tripling the number of inhabitants within 40 years.
Economy
Tannay was until the mid-20th century embossed mainly by agriculture village. Today, agriculture plays only a small role as a source of income of the village population; it focuses on farming. Jobs are available in the local manufacturing and service sectors. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Geneva.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the road from Versoix to Divonne -les- Bains. On April 24, 1858, the railway line from Coppet after Versoix was taken with a stop in Tannay in operation. Along the lakeshore Main road 1
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1390 under the name of Taney. Tannay belonged in the Middle Ages to the rule Coppet. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Nyon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Tannay 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 of Nyon.
Attractions
The Castle of Tannay was built in the first half of the 17th century and restored several times in the 19th and in the 20th century and rebuilt. It now houses the municipal administration. Tannay does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Commugny.