Chessel

Chessel
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Aigle
BFS no. :	5403
Postal code :	1846
Coordinates :	558 086  /  133 264 coordinates: 46 ° 20 '58 "  N , 6 ° 53' 39"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred fifty-eight thousand and eighty-six  /  one hundred thirty-three thousand two hundred and sixty-four
Height :	379  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–387 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.55  km²
Residents:	426 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	120 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.chessel.ch
Location of the municipality

Chessel is a municipality in the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Chessel is 379  m above sea level. M. , 7 km northwest of the district capital Aigle (air line). The farming village stretches across the Rhône plain, east of the canalized Rhone , at the eastern foot of the Grammont .

The area of ​​the 3.6 km² municipal area covers a section of the plain in the lower Rhône Valley. The western border runs along the Rhône. From here, the municipality extends eastward across the plain to beyond the Grand Canal. The highest point only reaches 381  m above sea level. M. In 1997, 10% of the municipal area was in settlements, 24% in forests and woodlands, 61% in agriculture and a little more than 5% was unproductive land.

The settlement of La Combette ( 380  m above sea level ) east of the Grand Canal and a few individual farms belong to Chessel . Neighboring municipalities to Chessel are Noville , Roche and Yvorne in the canton of Vaud and Vouvry and Port-Valais in the canton of Valais .

population

With 426 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Chessel is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 90.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.2% English-speaking and 1.6% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Chessel was 132 inhabitants in 1850 and 167 in 1900. Thereafter it remained fairly constant until 1980 (191 inhabitants). Only since then has there been strong population growth.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Chessel was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, arable farming and fruit growing in the Rhône plain have an important place in the employment structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses (construction companies) and in the service sector. The municipality has a campsite. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in the Vevey-Montreux region.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the connecting road that leads from Villeneuve to Vouvry. The last road bridge over the Rhône before the confluence with Lake Geneva has been near Chessel since 1839 (before there was a ferry service). The next motorway connection to the A9 (Lausanne-Sion), which opened in 1970, is around 7 km from the town center. Chessel is connected to the public transport network through a postbus course that runs from Villeneuve to Vouvry.

history

There was probably already a Roman settlement on the site of today's village. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1312 under the name Chessez . Later the names Chessey (1364), Chassey (1403) and Chosel (1428) appeared. The place name is probably derived from the Roman surname Cassius .

Since the 12th century, the Chessel area was owned by the Counts of Savoy and belonged to the Kastlanei Chillon. With the conquest of Aigle by Bern in 1476, Chessel came under the administration of the Aigle governorate . 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 it was assigned to the Aigle district.

coat of arms

Description : A blue wave bar in gold and a blue crescent moon pointing outwards in the left place .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Chessel

The parish church of Saint-Nicolas was founded in the 10th century. Today's church shows components from the Romanesque (round apse and nave) and from the Gothic (chapel and tower). Fragments of wall paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries have been preserved.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Chessel (under construction)
• Community information
• Jean-Jacques Bouquet: Chessel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village

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 .