Chéserex

Chéserex
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5709
Postal code :	1275
Coordinates :	502 799  /  139555 coordinates: 46 ° 24 '1 "  N , 6 ° 10' 29"  O ; CH1903:  502 799  /  139555
Height :	530  m above sea level M.
Height range :	502–1677 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.58  km²
Residents:	1222 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.cheserex.ch
Bonmont
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Chéserex is located at 530  m above sea level. M. , 5 km west-northwest of the district capital Nyon (linear distance). The village extends on the plateau at the southern foot of the Jura , at the foot of La Dôle , which slopes slightly to the southeast , in a panoramic position around 150 m above lake level of Lake Geneva .

The area of ​​the 10.6 km² municipal area includes a section of the foot of the Jura and the southern slope of the Jura. The parish extends from the corridor En Caudray to the northwest up the gently sloping slope over the village of Chéserex and the golf course of Bonmont. This is followed by the densely forested steep slope of La Dôle in the northwest. The Grande Côte de Bonmont and the Bois des Balandes Dessous are the headwaters of the Asse river . In the far west, the area extends over the height of La Barillette (up to 1510  m above sea level ) and the hollow at the Chalet de la Dôle to the Pointe de Poêle Chaud ( 1628  m above sea level ) and the summit of La Dôle (At 1677  m above sea level, the highest point in Chéserex). At the height of the La Dôle you will find typical karst features such as sinkholes and cart fields. Here there are extensive Jura high pastures with the typical mighty spruce trees , which either stand individually or in groups. In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was in settlements, 52% in forests and woodlands, 38% in agriculture and around 2% was unproductive land.

Chéserex includes the chalet settlement La Florettaz ( 643  m above sea level ), the hamlets of Le Crêt ( 597  m above sea level ) and Bonmont ( 597  m above sea level ), all located at the southeast foot of La Dôle, as well as some individual farms . The neighboring communities of Chéserex are La Rippe in the west, Crassier in the south-south-west, Borex in the south, Grens in the south- east and Gingins in the east and north .

population

With 1222 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Chéserex is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 79.4% of the residents are French-speaking, 8.0% German-speaking and 6.6% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Chéserex was 218 in 1850 and 219 in 1900. After 1970 (281 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population began with a four-fold increase in the number of inhabitants within 30 years.

economy

Chéserex was mainly an agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Thanks to the fertile soils, arable farming predominates ; in the higher elevations, livestock and dairy farming dominate . The forestry has due to the large proportion of forest community of some importance. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades, Chéserex has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Nyon and Geneva .

Thanks to the tax revenue of the personal services group Adecco , which has its statutory holding company in Chéserex, Chéserex is by far the richest municipality in Switzerland in terms of federal tax revenue per inhabitant. The founder of Adecco, Henri-Ferdinand Lavanchy , came from Chéserex and lived in a large estate in the village until his death in 2012.

leisure

In 1989 a new sports center was opened in Chéserex. There is a golf course in the Bonmont area .

traffic

Although the community is located off the main thoroughfares, it is easily accessible from Nyon . The Nyon motorway junction on the A1 (Geneva-Lausanne) is only around 3 km from the village. The Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Gingins , connects Chéserex to the public transport network.

history

The municipal area of ​​Chéserex was settled very early, as evidenced by the remains of a Roman settlement, an early medieval necropolis and a chapel mentioned in 1093. The first written mention of the place took place in 1025 under the name Chiseras , other names were Chiseracum , Chesarium (1164) and Chasarais .

Chéserex initially belonged to the Saint-Maurice Abbey . After 1025 the place went to the Abbot of Cluny , later to the Abbot Bernhard von Clairvaux . He gave Chéserex to the monks of the Cistercian Abbey of Bonmont around 1150 . The taxes in the village were collected by the abbey and partly by the lords of Gingins.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Chéserex came under the administration of the Kastlanei Gingins in the bailiwick of Nyon and in 1711 to the bailiwick of Bonmont. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village 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 Chéserex was assigned to the Nyon district. The hamlet of Tranchepied, which was formerly part of Chéserex and is located in the southwest of the village, was added to the municipality of La Rippe in 1826 .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Chéserex

In the old town center of Chéserex some town houses and farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. Chéserex Castle was built in 1668 and belonged to the Rochemondet family until 1880. Chéserex does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Gingins . There are no remains of the medieval castle of Coudray.

See also: Bonmont

Web links

Commons : Chéserex  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Chéserex (French)
• Gilbert Marion: Chéserex. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 . 
2. ^ Entry of "Adecco SA" in the commercial register of the Canton of Vaud
3. ^ "Chéserex is the richest community" , Swiss television , September 1, 2008
4. ↑ Madeleine Schürch, Jean-Marc Corset, Joelle Fabre: Décès d'Henri-Ferdinand Lavanchy: "Il aimait profondément son coin de terre" 24 hours of January 4, 2011