Vinzel
Vinzel
Vinzel is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Vinzel is located on 455 m above sea level. M., 8 km north- northeast of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The wine village extends slightly increased at the lower southern slopes of the Vaud Côte amid the vineyards, in a scenic location around 80 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of only just 1.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the western part of Côte Vaud. The communal land extends from the plateau at the foot of the slope in a narrow strip north across the Rebhang and the adjoining wooded steep slope up to the plateau at Burtigny. Here is 735 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Vinzel. From the municipality surface 1997 12 % came from settlements, 19 % of forest and woody plants and 69% to agriculture.
To Vinzel include the hamlet of La Tuilière (442 m above sea level. M. ) on the foot of the slope of the Côte well as some wineries. The neighboring communities of Vinzel are in the south and west Luins, in the north and in the west Burtigny Bursins.
Population
With 342 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vinzel is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 81.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 6.8 % and 5.1 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Vinzel amounted in 1900 to 155 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 104 to 1960 inhabitants, then put a rapid increase in population with almost a tripling of the number of inhabitants within 40 years.
Economy
Vinzel was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Still plays agriculture as a branch of the population an important role. On the whole slope of the Côte below an altitude of 550 m to 600 m above sea level. M. is operated viticulture. On the plateau at the foot of the slope of agriculture prevails. By 1956 was in Vinzel a brickyard. More jobs are in the services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers working abroad and commute in some cases up to the cities of Lausanne and Geneva.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road that leads from Nyon along the slopes of the Côte after Aubonne. By Postbus course, which runs from Rolle to England, Vinzel is connected to the public transport network.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1145 under the name Vyncgel. Since the Middle Ages Vinzel was under the rule Aubonne. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime Vinzel 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 role.
Attractions
Above Vinzel are two castles: the feudal manor La Batie from the 18th century, which was a long time resident of Carl Jacob Burckhardt, and the smaller Château de Vinzel from the 16th century. In the old town some characteristic wine farmhouses dating from the 16th to 19th centuries have been preserved.