Founex

Founex
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5717
Postal code :	1297
Coordinates :	504 047  /  132061 coordinates: 46 ° 19 '59 "  N , 6 ° 11' 33"  O ; CH1903:  504 047  /  132061
Height :	398  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–481 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.79  km²
Residents:	3775 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	788 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.founex.ch
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Founex is 398  m above sea level. M. , 15 km north-northeast of the city of Geneva (linear distance). The village extends near the west bank of Lake Geneva on a slope that slopes slightly towards the lake.

The 4.8 km² municipal area covers a section on the west bank of Lake Geneva. The community soil extends westward from the lakeshore over the edge of the bank and onto the adjacent ridge. In the far west the area includes a section of the valley of the Greny brook . The highest point of Founex is 475  m above sea level. M. at the height between the Versoix valley and Lake Geneva. In 1997, 30% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 2% for forests and woodlands and 68% for agriculture.

Founex includes the hamlet of Châtaigneraie ( 452  m above sea level ) on the Greny, numerous single-family houses and villa quarters as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Founex are Coppet , Commugny , Chavannes-de-Bogis and Bogis-Bossey in the canton of Vaud and Céligny , an exclave of the canton of Geneva .

population

With 3775 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Founex is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the residents, 64.2% are French-speaking, 14.3% English-speaking and 7.0% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Founex was 246 in 1850 and 374 in 1900. After 1960 (693 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population began with a fourfold increase in the number of inhabitants within 40 years.

economy

Founex was mainly an agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . Even today, a relatively large percentage of the employed work in the primary sector. In the vicinity of the village there are several wine-growing areas , on the fertile soils of the remaining agricultural area predominantly arable farming is practiced. There are other jobs in trade and the service sector. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Geneva . In Châtaigneraie, the École nouvelle, founded in 1908, has housed the École Internationale of Geneva since 1951.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is a little off the main road 1 , which runs from Geneva along the lake to Lausanne . The Coppet motorway junction on the A1 (Geneva-Lausanne) is only around 2 km from the town. On April 14, 1858, the railway line from Morges to Coppet was put into operation, but Founex station is currently no longer in use. Châtaigneraie is connected to the public transport network by the Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Coppet.

history

Traces of Roman settlement and a milestone have been found at Le Gachet . The first written mention of the place took place in 1224 under the name Fosnay , in 1251 the name Founai appeared . In the Middle Ages , Founex first belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Maurice and came to the barony around 1270, and in 1484 to the dominion of Coppet.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick . The Châtaigneraie, which was dependent on the Cistercian monastery of Bonmont in the 13th century , and the hamlet of Le Gachet formed an independent municipality until 1764. It was then merged with Founex. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Founex 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

There is a chapel at Pré Claudy near the shores of Lake Geneva. Founex has been part of the Commugny parish since the Reformation .

Web links

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

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

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 .