Daillens

Daillens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5480
Postal code :	1306
UN / LOCODE :	CH DLS
Coordinates :	531 851  /  163613 coordinates: 46 ° 37 '13 "  N , 6 ° 32' 56"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred fifty-one  /  163613
Height :	503  m above sea level M.
Height range :	437-596 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.52  km²
Residents:	1027 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	186 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.daillens.ch
Daillens church tower
Location of the municipality

Daillens is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The former German name Dachslingen is no longer used today.

geography

Daillens lies at 503  m above sea level. M. , 3 km east of Cossonay and 13 km north-north-west of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The scattered village stretches along a slightly inclined to the south slope on the plateau of Gros de Vaud , east of the valley of the Venoge , in the Vaud Plateau .

The area of ​​the 5.6 km² municipality covers a section of the plateau des Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The area is crossed in the south by the valley of the Ruisseau de Malomba stream , which at times forms the border and flows into the Venoge below Daillens. To the north, the municipality extends over the plateau des Gros de Vaud to the height of La Vernette , on the 590  m above sea level. M. the highest point is reached; the eastern border runs along the Ruisseau de Pra Gouma . In the west the area extends into the broad valley of the Venoge and is bordered by the canalised river. In 1997, 14% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 20% for forests and woodlands and 66% for agriculture.

Some individual farms belong to Daillens. The neighboring communities of Daillens are in the north Eclépens , west Lussery-Villars , south-west Penthalaz , south Penthaz , southeast Bournens , east Bettens and northeastern Oulens-sous-Echallens .

population

With 1027 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Daillens is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 95.0% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.7% German-speaking and 0.8% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Daillens was 405 in 1850 and 428 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 338 by 1970, a rapid population increase was observed with a doubling of the population within 30 years.

economy

Up until the second half of the 20th century, Daillens was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, agriculture and fruit growing have a certain importance in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. From 1971 to 1997, the warehouses of the Federal Alcohol Administration were located in the Venoge valley on the railway line; after the buildings were adapted, the parcel distribution center was opened in 1999. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the greater Lausanne area.

traffic

The community is well developed in terms of traffic, although it is away from major thoroughfares. The Cossonay motorway junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 is around three km from the town. Daillens is connected to the train station of Cossonay by a local bus line and is connected to the public transport network.

On April 25, 2015, a freight train accident occurred on the railway line that touched the village: the last six wagons of a dangerous goods transport system derailed. 25 tons of sulfuric acid leaked out of a cistern car , and the regional post office parcel center was evacuated.

history

Important finds of necropolises from the early Middle Ages were made in the municipality . The first written mention of the place took place around the year 600 under the name Daliens . The spellings Dallens (1109), Dalens (1182), Dalleins (1238), Dallyens (1344) and Dalliens (1358) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Burgundian personal name Dallo and means for the people of Dallo .

Since the Middle Ages, rule over Daillens had been divided between the Lausanne cathedral chapter, the barons of Cossonay and the nobles of Daillens. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Moudon . Together with Bettens it formed an exclave of this bailiwick and received its own court of justice. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Daillens 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 Cossonay district.

In the night 11/12. June 1940 38 Royal Air Force bombers flew an air raid on the FIAT plants in Turin. On the way back, three bombers dropped bombs on Daillens, Renens and Geneva .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Daillens

The parish church of Sainte-Marie, originally from the 13th century, was rebuilt and enlarged in the course of the 16th century. Next to it is the rectory built in 1736. Daillens Castle was built in the 16th century and later changed several times (among other things, the former towers were demolished). Today it is a large farmhouse. In the town center there are some typical farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Daillens (French)
• Marianne Stubenvoll: Daillens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography
• Daillens Castle (French)

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. ↑ NZZ.ch , April 25, 2015 ,: Freight train derailed with sulfuric acid (accessed on May 2, 2015)
3. ↑ http://memoire-aero-rhone-alpes.freeiz.com (PDF, page 10 of 12; 1.2 MB)