Eysins

Eysins
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5716
Postal code :	1262
Coordinates :	505 157  /  137325 coordinates: 46 ° 22 '50 "  N , 6 ° 12' 21"  O ; CH1903:  505 157  /  137325
Height :	438  m above sea level M.
Height range :	386–472 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.38  km²
Residents:	1608 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	676 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.eysins.ch
Aerial view of Eysins
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Eysins is 438  m above sea level. M. , 2.5 km west of the district capital Nyon (air line). The village extends on the plain between Lake Geneva and the southern foot of the Jura , north of the Boiron de Nyon river .

The area of ​​the 2.4 km² municipal area comprises a section of the plain at the foot of the Jura to the west of Nyon. In the southern part of the municipality there is the Boiron valley, which flows in numerous meanders to Lake Geneva. In the very south the area extends to the edge of the Bois Neuf forest . In the northwest below the settlement Les Tourniaux is 471  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Eysins. In 1997, 19% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 8% for forests and woodlands and 73% for agriculture.

Eysins includes the hamlet of Petit Eysins ( 444  m above sea level ) north of the village and some individual farms. Eysins' neighboring municipalities are Nyon , Signy-Avenex , Borex , Arnex-sur-Nyon and Crans-près-Céligny .

population

With 1608 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Eysins is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 82.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.4% English-speaking and 6.1% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Eysins was 234 in 1850 and 262 in 1900. After 1960 (312 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population began with a tripling of the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Eysins was mainly an agricultural village. In the vicinity of the village there are some smaller wine-growing areas , otherwise arable farming predominates on the fertile soils of the remaining agricultural area . Thanks to the good transport connections, Eysins developed into a transshipment point for wood, grain and potatoes. Eysins is the location of the grain collection point and the warehouse of the agricultural cooperatives (Landi), IOTA International and Biosafe SA . The recently started development of the "Terre Bonne" business park is intended to create additional jobs in the community in the future. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Nyon and Geneva .

traffic

The municipality is located on the main road from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains . The Nyon motorway junction on the A1 (Geneva-Lausanne), which crosses the municipality, is only around 3 km from the town. Eysins is connected to the public transport network via the Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Coppet . Eysins had a train station on the 1905–62 railway line from Nyon via Crassier to Divonne-les-Bains. The section of the line from Nyon to Eysins is still occasionally used today for freight transport.

history

From Roman times there are traces of settlement of a villa and small remains of an aqueduct that led the water from the Versoix to Colonia Iulia Equestris (Nyon). The first written mention of the place took place in 1002 under the name Osinco in pago Equestrico . 1140 the name appeared Osins , 1212 Oisins and in the 15th century Oysins . The name probably goes back to the Burgundian personal name Ausingus or Osingus .

Eysins was the domain of the kings of High Burgundy . The place served as a conference center for King Rudolf III in 1002 . who at that time donated part of the vineyards to Romainmôtier Abbey . In the 14th century Eysins came to the Augustinian priory in Nyon. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Eysins 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. Eysins is part of the Nyon parish but has a small reformed church that was built in 1930.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Eysins (French)
• Germain Hausmann: Eysins. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial view

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 .