Assens VD
VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Assens . |
Assens | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Vaud (VD) |
District : | Gros-de-Vaud |
BFS no. : | 5511 |
Postal code : | 1042 |
Coordinates : | 537 458 / 162 626 |
Height : | 635 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 591–691 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 5.34 km² |
Residents: | 1077 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 202 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.assens.ch |
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Assens ([ asɑ̃ ], in the native Franco-Provencal dialect [ aˈsɛ (ː) ]) is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .
geography
Assens is 635 m above sea level. M. , 10 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The clustered village extends on the high plateau des Gros de Vaud , on the north-western edge of the Jorat , in the Vaud Central Plateau .
The 4.5 km² municipal area covers a section of the gently undulating high plateau of the Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The municipality extends from the Mortigue lowlands to the east over the open agricultural area to the Bois aux Allemands forest area , which is 692 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Assens is located. The eastern boundary is formed by the talent flowing in a valley that is slightly sunk into the plateau . In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 10% for forests and woodlands and 82% for agriculture.
Assens has a number of individual farms and, since January 1, 2009, the village of Malapalud . The neighboring communities of Assens are Echallen in the north, Boten in the northeast , Bretigny-sur-Morren in the east, Morren in the southeast , Etagnières in the southwest , Bioley-Orjulaz in the west and Saint-Barthélemy in the northwest .
population
With 1,077 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Assens is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 91.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.7% German-speaking and 1.0% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Assens was 356 in 1850 and 401 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 335 by 1970, a rapid population increase with a doubling of the population within 30 years was observed.
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year | 1798 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1970 | 2000 | |
Residents | 276 | 356 | 401 | 401 | 335 | 270 |
economy
Assens was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Today arable farming and fruit growing only play a subordinate role in the income structure of the population. There is a large garden center north of the village. There was a mill on the talent. Since the 1970s, with the creation of an industrial zone, new companies have set up shop in the village, including companies in the construction industry, a company that produces agricultural equipment, and a printing shop. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the greater Lausanne area .
traffic
The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road 5 from Lausanne to Yverdon-les-Bains . On June 2, 1874, the Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne - Echallens section of the Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB) narrow-gauge railway with a station in Assens was put into operation.
history
The community area of Assens was settled early on, as evidenced by the discovery of a burial mound from the Hallstatt period and early medieval graves. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1002 under the name Astlegus . Later the names Astens (1228), Astyens (1238) and Astiens (1291) appeared. The place name goes back to the Burgundian personal name Astila and means for the people of Astila .
Assens was divided between several lords in the Middle Ages . In 1291 part came to the rule of Echallen, another part was under the rule of Goumoëns-le-Châtel. After the Burgundian Wars , the village came to the Orbe-Echallens Bailiwick in 1476, which was under the common rule of Bern and Friborg . The Reformation was very slow in asserting itself. Due to a decision of the community (1619) the place remained a mixed parish. The parish church was used by both Protestants and Catholics. Even the Catholics living in Lausanne came to Assens for mass until the Vaudois Revolution in 1798 (including Jean-Jacques Rousseau ). After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Assens belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic, which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1798 it was assigned to the Echallens district.
On January 1, 2009, the neighboring community of Malapalud merged with Assens, after the project was approved by more than 90 percent in a referendum.
Attractions
The church Saint-Germain of the parish mentioned in 1228 belonged to the Abondance Abbey in France after 1453 . The single-nave church was built around 1300 and remodeled in 1454, the front tower dates from 1717. It has Gothic wall paintings, a Baroque altar from 1650–54 and a wrought iron grating (1696) that separates the nave and choir. The Catholic Church was consecrated in 1845.
Parish partnership
Colombey-les-Deux-Églises in the French region of Grand Est has been a partner municipality of Assens since 2002 .
Web links
- Community information
- Marianne Stubenvoll: Assens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Aerial photography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Wulf Müller, Assens VD (Échallens) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG) , Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005 , ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 102.