Trélex

Trélex is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Trélex shows a golden Worfelkorb ( with the threshed grain is thrown into the air, to separate the wheat from the chaff ) on a red background.

Geography

Trélex is located on 508 m above sea level. M., 4.5 km north of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, on a slightly inclined to the southeast slope, in a scenic location around 130 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.

The area of ​​5.7 km ² large municipality territory, which includes a section at the foot of the Jura. The municipality extends from the ground level at the foot of the Jura to the northwest over the slope of Trélex up in the wooded area on the eastern slope of the Bois de Trélex La Dole. Here is 760 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. The western boundary usually forms the main road from Nyon to Saint- CERGUE, the eastern boundary runs in the valley of the Colline. From the municipality surface 1997 14 % came from settlements, 33 % of forest and woody plants and 53% to agriculture.

To Trélex include extended family house districts. Neighboring communities of Trélex are Nyon, Duillier, Givrins, Saint- CERGUE, Gingins and Grens.

Population

With 1355 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Trélex belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 80.0% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 8.6 % and 8.4 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Trélex amounted in 1900 to 305 inhabitants. After 1960 (301 inhabitants ) continued a rapid increase in population with a quadrupling of the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

Economy

Trélex was until the mid-20th century embossed mainly by agriculture village. Below the village there are two small wine-growing areas ( cultivated is mainly Chasselas here to German Chasselas ), otherwise the concentrated agriculture thanks to the fertile soil on farming. More 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 primarily in Nyon and Geneva.

Traffic

Although the community is located off of larger thoroughfares, but traffic still technically well developed. The motorway connection Nyon on the A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is only about 3 km from the resort. On 12 July 1916, the railway line Nyon -Saint- CERGUE was ( lovingly called by the inhabitants « le petit train rouge ", " the little red train ") taken with a station in Trélex in operation.

History

Archaeological excavations have shown that even in ancient times to the present-day municipality existed a Roman villa. On the northern edge of the village you can also still the remains of a Roman fortification wall look. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1145 under the name Trailai 1296 appeared the name Trelai ( which means " beyond the forest "). During the Middle Ages Trélex belonged to the rule Gingins, the village church was under the Cistercian abbey Bonmont. 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 Trélex 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.

Particular importance possessed Trélex until the end of the 19th century in that it before the Jura Col de la Givrine ( in Saint- CERGUE ) on the road from Nyon to Paris (which already existed in ancient times ) was the last post station. In Trélex additional horses had to be hitched to the stagecoach to create the steep climb. This itinerary was very crowded and even Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, as he in his "Letters from Switzerland " wrote on October 27, 1779, the village happened on this road of Saint- CERGUE to Nyon and should allow the most prominent visitors have been of Trélex.

Attractions

The Protestant parish church Trélex is located just outside the resort. In the old town some farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. At the village square stands a bell tower. The village inn (Auberge Communale ), former coach, is known throughout the region for its cuisine. In the north of the village is the old post road to Paris, where you can walk to Saint- CERGUE today.