Vich, Switzerland
Vich is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Vich is at 456 m above sea level. Level, 5 km north of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, east of the river Serine, on the extreme west of the Vaud Cote.
The area of only just 1.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura foothills. The long but very narrow area extends from the mouth of the serines in the Promenthouse northward along the Serine - valley over the settlement area of Vich up to the edge of the nature reserve Bois de Chenes. Above this forest area is on the lower Jura south slope at 580m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Vich. From the municipality surface 1997 24 % came from settlements, 26 % of forest and woody plants and 50 % to agriculture.
To Vich include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Vich are England, Begnins, basins, Arzier, Genolier, Coinsins and Prangins.
Population
With 743 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vich one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the residents 78.2 % are French, 8.2 % English speaking and German-speaking 5.9 % (as of 2000). The population of Vich amounted in 1900 to 301 inhabitants. After 1980 (326 inhabitants ) continued rapid population growth, with a doubling of the number of inhabitants within 20 years.
Economy
Vich was up in the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture plays as a source of income only a minor role, she focuses on viticulture and agriculture. More jobs are in the manufacturing and services available. Close to the motorway numerous commercial and industrial enterprises have settled. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work primarily in Nyon and Geneva.
Traffic
The community is conveniently reach and accessible. It is located on the main street of England to Saint- CERGUE. The highway connecting England to the A1 ( Geneva -Lausanne ), which crosses the municipality is just 1 km from the center. Due to the postal bus lines that run from Nyon to Gimel and from England to Burtigny, Vich is connected to the public transport network. From 1906 to 1954 reversed by Vich overland tram Gland - Begnins ( GB).
History
The territory of Vich was committed brisk during the Roman period. It is a Roman milestone and a bronze statue of Mercury was found. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1164 under the name Vizo. The place name derives from the Latin word vicus (small village, homestead ). Since the Middle Ages, the church of the Cistercian abbey Vich Bonmont, but the village itself belonged to the rule Prangins.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Vich came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Nyon. 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 of Nyon.
Attractions
Today's Reformed church Saint -Martin was built in the 12th century, parts of the building date back to this time. In the old town some typical grower's house from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.