Cugy VD

VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Cugy .

Cugy
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5516
Postal code :	1053
UN / LOCODE :	CH CUG
Coordinates :	538.83 thousand  /  159400 coordinates: 46 ° 34 '59 "  N , 6 ° 38' 26"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and thirty  /  159400
Height :	710  m above sea level M.
Height range :	658–809 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.91  km²
Residents:	2739 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	941 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.cugy-vd.ch
Cugy
Location of the municipality

Cugy ([ kyʒi ], in the native Franco-Provencal dialect [ (a) tjyˈʣiː ]) is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Cugy is 710  m above sea level. M. , 7 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The village extends on a high plateau between the Talent in the north and the Mèbre in the south, in the eastern Gros de Vaud , on the western edge of the heights of the Jorat , in the Vaudois Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.0 km² municipal area covers a section of the higher Vaud Central Plateau. The Cugy plateau is located on the watershed between the Talent (in the Rhine catchment area ) and the Mèbre (in the Rhone catchment area ). To the east, the municipality extends into the wooded area of La Taquette ( 785  m above sea level ) and reaches the Bois de Benenté, which belongs to the Jorat, at 809  m above sea level on the western slope . M. the highest point of Cugy. The north-eastern border is usually formed by the Ruisseau de Latigny brook that flows to Talent . In 1997, 23% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 37% for forests and woodlands and 40% for agriculture.

Extensive new housing estates belong to Cugy. Neighboring communities of Cugy in the West Morrens , in the north Bretigny-sur-Morrens , in the east and in the south west of Lausanne and southern Le Mont-sur-Lausanne .

population

With 2,739 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Cugy is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud and is also the second largest municipality in the Echallens district. 88.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.1% German-speaking and 1.4% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Cugy was 230 people in 1850 and 242 people in 1900. Since 1960 (300 inhabitants) a rapid population increase with a sevenfold increase in the number of inhabitants has been observed within 40 years. Cugy has developed into a residential suburb of Lausanne and has now almost merged with the residential area of ​​Morrens and the commercial area of ​​Le Mont-sur-Lausanne.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Cugy was predominantly an agricultural village. Today arable farming and animal husbandry have hardly any significance in the income structure of the population. Since the late 1970s, numerous companies have settled in the village with the creation of new commercial zones. Today in Cugy there are companies in the construction, IT, electronic and electrotechnical industries, car body construction and advertising. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the greater Lausanne area .

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on a connecting road from Lausanne to Thierrens . The Lausanne-Blécherette motorway junction on the A9 (Lausanne-Sion) opened in 1974 is around 4 km, the Cossonay junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 about 8 km from the town center. Cugy is served by bus number 60 (Lausanne-Froideville) of the Transports publics de la région lausannoise . A Postbus course runs from Cugy to Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne .

history

The first documentary mention of the place took place in 968 as in villa Cuzziaco . Later the names Cubizaca and Cubizasca (1079), Cuzei (1142), Cubizacha (1145), Cuzzie (1228), Cugie (1230), Cuzie (1233) and Cugiez (1254) appeared. The place name probably goes back to the nickname Cupidus , derived from Latin (from cupidus in the meanings of greedy and in love ).

Cugy had belonged to the Cistercian Abbey of Montheron since the Middle Ages ; In 1545 the right to collect the tithe passed to Lausanne . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Cugy 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 Echallens district.

Attractions

A Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste chapel was located in Cugy since 1394, but it no longer exists today. The village belongs to the parish of Morrens . There has been an ecumenical center since 1986. The old schoolhouse from 1837 with a bell tower was converted into a parish hall in 1974. In the old town center there are still some stately farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Web links

Commons : Cugy, Vaud  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Cugy (French)
• François Béboux: Cugy (VD). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

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. ↑ Nicolas Pépin / Andres Kristol, Cugy VD (Échallens) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG) , Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 281f.