Coppet

Coppet
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5712
Postal code :	1296
Coordinates :	504.06 thousand  /  130147 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '57 "  N , 6 ° 11' 35"  O ; CH1903:  504 060  /  130147
Height :	377  m above sea level M.
Height range :	369-428 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.87  km²
Residents:	3146 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1682 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.coppet.ch
Coppet
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1935)

Coppet is 377  m above sea level. M. , in the extreme southwest of Vaud, 13 km north-northeast of the city of Geneva (as the crow flies). The place extends on the shores of Lake Geneva , south of the mouth of the Greny stream .

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​just 1.9 km² comprises a narrow section on the west bank of Lake Geneva. The community soil extends from the lakeshore on both sides of the mouth of the Greny westward over the flat edge of the bank to the adjacent ridge. Here is at 425  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Coppet. In 1997, 58% of the municipal area was in settlements, 4% in forests and woodlands, 37% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

The historic core of Coppet is surrounded by a green belt. The numerous new single-family houses and villa quarters are mostly located on the edge of the municipality and add to the settlement areas of the neighboring municipalities of Tannay , Commugny and Founex .

history

Coppet Castle , residence of Madame de Staël

Lecture by Madame de Staël in the Coppet circle

Coppet can look back on a very long tradition of settlement. Remains of a settlement from the Bronze Age were found on the lake shore . There are also traces of Roman times : a milestone, a grave stele and the remains of a villa. The origin of Coppet is a farm that belonged to Commugny. The Lords of Thoire-Villars acquired the area from the House of Savoy in 1271 and founded the castle and the market town of Coppet, which was given city rights from the beginning. The town was first mentioned in a document in 1294 under the name Copetum , and in 1347 the spelling Copet appeared .

1314 came the rule of Coppet to the noble family Allamand. The Duke of Savoy brought Coppet together with other fiefdoms in 1484 and made it a baron. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the town came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick . The Freiherrschaft Coppet, whose owner changed several times, but had high jurisdiction. As a city on the border between Vaud and the Pays de Gex, Coppet benefited from the transport industry. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Coppet 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 Nyon district and in 1803 the capital of a district. Under Germaine de Staël , who gathered people of political and intellectual-literary rank at the castle during the Napoleonic period, Coppet achieved European fame.

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1900	1950	1960	1970	2000	2016
Residents	450	471	561	616	774	1097	2360	3151

With 3146 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Coppet is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 71.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 10.5% English-speaking and 7.3% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Coppet was 471 in 1850 and 561 in 1900. After 1960 (774 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population started with a tripling of the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

economy

Boat harbor, Place des Ormes

Grande Rue with arcades

For a long time, Coppet was an agricultural town. A sandstone pit was exploited from the 14th to the 19th century . Over time, some industry developed, especially watchmaking since the late 18th century . Today agriculture is only of minor importance; there is some viticulture and agriculture in the area. Jobs are available in trade and especially in the service sector. In recent decades, thanks to its attractive location on Lake Geneva, Coppet has developed into a residential community. Most of the employed are commuters (around 60%) who work mainly in Geneva . Coppet is the location of a secondary school.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on main road 1 , which runs from Geneva along the lake to Lausanne . The Coppet motorway junction on the A1 (Geneva-Lausanne) is only 4 km from the town. On April 14, 1858, the railway line from Morges to Coppet was put into operation, and the continuation to Versoix was inaugurated on April 21 of the same year . There are several bus routes operated by Transports publics régionaux Nyon, which run from Coppet to Divonne-les-Bains and Nyon , among others, for the fine distribution of public transport .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Coppet

The historic town of Coppet has a medieval townscape with numerous arbor houses from the 16th century. The reformed parish church is the former convent church of the Dominican monastery founded in 1490 . The building was built around 1500 in the Gothic Flamboyant style and contains richly carved choir stalls from the 16th century; extensive restorations took place in 1774 and 1927. The Maison Michel, a late Gothic house, now houses the local museum.

Coppet Castle on the western edge of the town was rebuilt in 1767 on the site of the previous medieval building. It's in a French park. The horseshoe-shaped building has been open to the public since 1948. It contains rich furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries and important portraits.

Personalities

• Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728), Brandenburg-Prussian field marshal and diplomat
• Christoph I. zu Dohna-Schlodien (1665–1733), Brandenburg-Prussian general and diplomat
• Friedrich von Dohna (1621–1688) Governor of the Principality of Orange acquired the Barony of Coppet
• Jacques Necker (1732–1804), French banker and finance minister
• Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817), French intellectual and politician

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Coppet (French)
• Gilbert Marion: Coppet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography
• Coppet on the ETHorama platform

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 .