Chavannes-de-Bogis

Chavannes-de-Bogis
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5707
Postal code :	1279
Coordinates :	501735  /  133 241 coordinates: 46 ° 20 '36 "  N , 6 ° 9' 44"  O ; CH1903:  501735  /  133,241
Height :	479  m above sea level M.
Height range :	463–482 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.86  km²
Residents:	1285 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	449 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.chavannes-de-bogis.ch
Location of the municipality

Chavannes-de-Bogis is a municipality in the Nyon district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Chavannes-de-Bogis lies at 479  m above sea level. M. , 7 km southwest of the district capital Nyon (air line). The village extends in the extreme southwest of the Vaud on the ridge between the Versoix lowlands and Lake Geneva .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​2.9 km² covers a section of the ridge between the Versoix in the west and Lake Geneva in the east. The highest point of Chavannes-de-Bogis reaches 482  m above sea level. M. The western boundary forms the flow passage of Versoix, the numerous meanders in a partly swampy valley ( Les Bataillards runs). In the south, the area extends into the Bois de Portes forest . In 1997, 23% of the municipal area was in settlements, 11% in forests and woodlands, 58% in agriculture and a little less than 8% was unproductive land.

The hamlet of Péguey ( 476  m above sea level ) east of the Versoix on the edge of the Bois de Portes belongs to Chavannes-de-Bogis . Neighboring communities of Chavannes-de-Bogis are Commugny in the north , Founex in the south-east and Bogis-Bossey in the north-east in the canton of Vaud, Céligny in the canton of Geneva in the east, and Divonne-les-Bains in neighboring France in the west and north-west .

population

With 1285 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Chavannes-de-Bogis is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the residents, 72.0% are French-speaking, 12.6% English-speaking and 7.1% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Chavannes-de-Bogis was 97 in 1850 and 143 in 1900. After 1970 (137 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population began with a sixfold increase in the number of inhabitants within 30 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Chavannes-de-Bogis was mainly an agricultural village. Today arable farming on the fertile soils of the area is only of marginal importance as a source of income. Thanks to its excellent transport links on the A1 motorway , numerous companies have set up shop in Chavannes-de-Bogis over the past 30 years. This includes the Placette SA warehouse, the Slatkine Reprints publishing house, a motel, a shopping center and numerous craft businesses. In the last few decades Chavannes-de-Bogis has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Geneva .

traffic

The community is located directly at the motorway exit Coppet the A1 (Geneva-Lausanne, opened in 1964). There is a border crossing to the neighboring French municipality of Divonne-les-Bains . The Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Coppet, connects Chavannes-de-Bogis to the public transport network.

history

Probably in the 13th century on the site of today's Chavannes-de-Bogis under the Cistercian Abbey of Bonmont, the first clearing was carried out and the area reclaimed. The first written mention of the place took place in 1477 under the name Cabane de Bogiez . The place name is derived from the vulgar Latin capanna ( hut , small courtyard ). Chavannes-de-Bogis was subordinate to the bailiff of La Rippe , who collected tithes and taxes for the Bonmont Abbey. The abbey and the Lords of Gex had jurisdiction over the village .

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Chavannes-de-Bogis came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick and in 1711 under the Bonmont Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Chavannes-de-Bogis 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 .

Attractions

On the northern edge of the village is a small chapel that was built in 1928 and is used together with the neighboring community of Bogis-Bossey .

Web links

Commons : Chavannes-de-Bogis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Chavannes-de-Bogis (French)
• Germain Hausmann: Chavannes-de-Bogis. 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 .