Grandvaux VD

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VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Grandvauxf .
Grandvaux
Grandvaux coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of VaudCanton of Vaud Vaud (VD)
District : Lavaux-Oronw
Municipality : Bourg-en-Lavauxi2
Postal code : 1091
former BFS no. : 5605
Coordinates : 544 550  /  149401 coordinates: 46 ° 29 '37 "  N , 6 ° 42' 59"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred and fifty  /  149401
Height : 489  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.95  km²
Residents: 1985 (December 31, 2010)
Population density : 673 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.grandvaux.ch
Grandvaux VD

Grandvaux VD

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Grandvaux VD (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on June 30, 2011

Grandvaux ([ gʀɑ̃vo ], in the native Franco-Provencal dialect [ (a) grɑ̃ˈvo ]) was a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until July 1, 2011 . It merged with Cully , Epesses , Riex and Villette (Lavaux) to form the new political municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux .

geography

Aerial photo (1948)

Grandvaux is 489  m above sea level. M. , seven kilometers east-southeast of the canton capital of Lausanne (as the crow flies). The former wine-growing village extends over a promontory in the middle of the vineyards on the steep slope of the Lavaux , on the slope of the Mont de Gourze in a panoramic position around 120 m above lake level of Lake Geneva .

The area of ​​the 3.0 km² former municipal area comprises a section of the Lavaux on the north-eastern shore of Lake Geneva (around 700 m of the lakeshore line). The community soil extends from the lake shore northwards over the vineyards of Grandvaux to the subsequent heights on the southern edge of the Jorat plateau . On the signal southwest of Mont de Gourze is 805  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Grandvaux. In the area of Grandvaux is the watershed between the basins of the Rhine and Rhone only just 2km north of the shore of Lake Geneva. The extreme north of the former municipal area on the Jorat high plateau is already drained by the Neirigue stream in a northerly direction to the Broye and thus to the Rhine. In 1997, 34% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 12% for forests and woodlands and 54% for agriculture.

The municipality of Grandvaux included extensive scattered settlements (single-family houses) on the south and west slopes of the Signal, the hamlets of Curson ( 519  m above sea level ) and Lallex ( 530  m above sea level ) in the vines above the village and Le Tronchet ( 723  m above sea level ) above sea level ) on the high plateau as well as several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Grandvaux were Villette (Lavaux) , Forel (Lavaux) and Cully .

population

With 1985 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010) Grandvaux was one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 84.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 7.0% German-speaking and 4.2% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Grandvaux was 623 in 1850 and 677 in 1900. During the 20th century the population increased slowly at first. Since 1960 (808 inhabitants) the population has more than doubled; a strong increase was registered especially during the 1980s.

economy

Grandvaux was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, viticulture on the perfectly sunny slopes of Lavaux (around 60 hectares) as well as arable farming and cattle breeding on the plateaus play an important role in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and especially in the service sector. In addition to everyday goods, the Grandvaux trade is also geared towards tourism. There are several wine shops, as well as companies in the building trade, IT and architecture offices. Grandvaux has had a new school complex since 1977 and a multi-purpose hall since 1984. With the construction of numerous single-family houses in the last few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and the Vevey - Montreux region.

traffic

Grandvaux is well developed in terms of transport, although the place is off the main roads on a road connecting Cully to Savigny . Hauptstrasse 9 runs along the lakeshore . The nearest motorway connections to the A9 (Lausanne – Sion), which opened in 1974 and crosses the former municipality, are Belmont (in the west, around 4 km away) and Chexbres (in the east, around 7 km away).

Grandvaux railway station

On September 4, 1862, the Lausanne-Freiburg railway line was inaugurated with the Grandvaux station above the village. Just outside the municipality, 1 km from the town, is the Cully station on the Simplon line , the railway line from Lausanne to Valais (the Lausanne – Villeneuve section was put into operation on April 2, 1861). The bus routes 66 and 47 of the Transports publics de la région lausannoise , which serve the routes from Lausanne and Pully to Grandvaux, take care of the fine distribution in public transport .

history

The municipality of Grandvaux was already inhabited in Roman times, as evidenced by the remains of a settlement near Le Muret. The first written mention of the place took place in 1250 under the name Gravaz . The names Graval and Gravaux (1260), Gravaulx (1445) and Grantval (1453) appeared later . The place name is derived from the Latin word gravea (gravel) and means gravelly terrain .

Grandvaux has belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne since the 13th century. The Haut-Crêt Abbey also owned vineyards in the municipality, which it had received as a gift from the Counts of Gruyères. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Grandvaux came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village 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 Lavaux district.

Grandvaux has always been dependent on Villette. It was not until 1824, when the large municipality of Villette was divided, that Grandvaux achieved the status of an independent political municipality. A project to merge the five now independent municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Riex, Grandvaux and Villette (Lavaux) failed in a vote on February 27, 2005 due to resistance from the people of Grandvaux. In 2011 the merger took place to form the new political municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.

Attractions

The current parish church of Saint-Nicolas in the center of the village was built in 1636. Only the Romanesque church tower (originally from the 12th century) remains of the former church .

The old town center of Grandvaux has retained the character of a typical wine-growing village with narrow streets and houses from the 16th to 19th centuries. The Maillardoz house (16th century) with late Gothic windows and a large roof and the Buttin de Loïs house, a building complex from the 17th and 18th centuries with an important Renaissance hall, should be emphasized . This complex has belonged to the Association du Vieux Lausanne since 1941 and houses a local museum.

Personalities

The comic artist Hugo Pratt lived in Grandvaux from 1984 until his death in 1995. In his honor, a life-size statue of his most famous comic figure Corto Maltese was erected next to the town hall in 2007 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicolas Pépin, Grandvaux VD (Lavaux) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss municipality 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. 405.

Web links

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