Crans-près-Celigny

Crans-près-Celigny
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5713
Postal code :	1299
Coordinates :	505 156  /  134 576 coordinates: 46 ° 21 '21 "  N , 6 ° 12' 23"  O ; CH1903:  505,156  /  134,576
Height :	423  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–473 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.31  km²
Residents:	2185 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	507 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.crans-pres-celigny.ch
Crans Castle
Location of the municipality

Crans-près-Céligny is a municipality in the Nyon district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Crans-près-Céligny lies at 423  m above sea level. M. , 4 km southwest of the district capital Nyon (air line). The village extends on a terrace over the west bank of Lake Geneva and over the valley of the Nant du Pry .

The area of ​​the 4.3 km² municipal area includes a section on the west bank of Lake Geneva. The community soil extends westward from the lakeshore over the narrow edge of the bank and the terrace of Crans to the ridge on which at 473  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Crans-près-Céligny is reached. The southern border forms the valley of the Nant du Pry, in the north the area extends into the Bois Neuf forest . In 1997, 27% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 14% for forests and woodlands and 59% for agriculture.

Crans-près-Céligny has several single-family houses and villa quarters as well as some individual courtyards. Neighboring municipalities of Crans-près-Céligny are Nyon , Eysins and Arnex-sur-Nyon in the canton of Vaud and Céligny in an exclave of the canton of Geneva .

population

Population development
year	1764	1850	1900	1950	1960	2000	2016
Residents	192	286	350	364	430	1963	2193

With 2185 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Crans-près-Céligny is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 75.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 10.6% English-speaking and 7.3% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Crans-près-Céligny was 286 in 1850 and 350 in 1900. After 1960 (430 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population began with a four-fold increase in the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, Crans-près-Céligny was mainly an agricultural village. On the slope below the old village center there is some viticulture , while the fertile soils of the remaining agricultural area are suitable for arable and vegetable growing . Jobs are available in trade and especially in the service sector. The community has a sports center with numerous leisure facilities. In the last few decades, Crans-près-Céligny has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location on Lake Geneva. Most of the employed people are commuters (around 60%) who work mainly in Nyon and Geneva .

traffic

The municipality is located on the main road 1 , which runs from Geneva along the lake to Lausanne . On April 14, 1858, the railway line from Morges to Coppet was put into operation, but a station did not exist until 1888; since December 2004 this is no longer served.

post Office

Post office around 1965

From 1862, the postal service in Crans is guaranteed by a delivery person who commutes between the village and the Céligny post office . However, the residents of Cran had to wait until 1891 for a post office to be set up in their village. In addition to his job as a baker, Gottfried Häuselmann is employed as a depot deliverer and postman. The depot is in that location until voices are heard calling for the position to be reassessed. In 1930 it was converted into an invoice post office. Three years later, the new post holder relocated the post office to the town center, opposite the Hôtel du Cerf. In 1935 the post office was renamed "Crans-près-Céligny". In the following 30 years, the postal traffic increased continuously. In 1965 the post office was relocated again to a nearby building. In 1991 the post office moves into a new development on the “Grand Pré”, and at the beginning of 2016 the branch is converted into an agency.

history

Aerial photo from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

The discovery of a needle from the Bronze Age , traces from the Roman era and early medieval graves indicate an early settlement of the municipality. The first written mention of the place took place in 1008 under the name Cranos , which is probably derived from the Burgundian personal name Grado . Crans-près-Céligny had been in the possession of the Lausanne cathedral chapter since 1036 and came to the Kastlan of Saint-Prex in 1234 .

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Crans-près-Céligny came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick . Bern raised the place to a rule in 1542, which had also had high jurisdiction since 1663. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Crans-près-Céligny 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.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Crans-près-Céligny

• Crans Castle was built from 1764 to 1767 on the site of a medieval manor on the edge of the terrace. It is one of the most important castles in western Switzerland of the 18th century and consists of a main wing with two side wings at right angles to it.
• The first church in Crans-près-Céligny was built around 1500.

Web links

Commons : Crans-près-Céligny  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Crans-près-Céligny
• Germain Hausmann: Crans-près-Céligny. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Crans-près-Céligny 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 . 
2. ^ Dossier Crans-près-Céligny in the database of the PTT archive