Grens

Grens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5722
Postal code :	1274
Coordinates :	504 025  /  138733 coordinates: 46 ° 23 '35 "  N , 6 ° 11' 27"  O ; CH1903:  504,025  /  138733
Height :	496  m above sea level M.
Height range :	474-514 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.55  km²
Residents:	389 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	153 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.grens.ch
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Grens is 496  m above sea level. M. , 4 km west-northwest of the district capital Nyon (linear distance). The village extends on the plain sloping slightly to the southeast at the southern foot of the Jura , at the foot of La Dôle .

The area of ​​the 2.5 km² municipal area includes a section of the plain at the foot of the Jura. The municipality floor extends in the north to the Asse river . The highest point of Grens reaches 510  m above sea level. In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 2% for forests and woodlands and 91% for agriculture.

A few individual farms belong to Grens. Neighboring municipalities of Grens are Chéserex , Borex , Signy-Avenex , Nyon , Trélex and Gingins .

population

With 389 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Grens is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 82.6% of the residents are French-speaking, 8.2% English-speaking and 4.8% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Grens was 130 in 1850 and 155 in 1900. After 1970 (166 inhabitants) a rapid population increase began with a doubling of the population within 30 years.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Grens was mainly an agricultural village. Today agriculture is concentrated on arable farming , there are two small vineyards near the village . Further jobs are available in local trade and in the service sector. 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

Although the community is located away from major thoroughfares, it is still well developed in terms of traffic. The Nyon motorway junction on the A1 (Geneva-Lausanne) is only around 2 km from the town. The Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Gingins , connects Grens to the public transport network.

history

Finds of bricks from Roman times indicate an early settlement of the municipality. The place was first mentioned in 1164 under the name Graiens , the current spelling appeared in 1202 and the name Granz in 1212 . The former church of Grens has been under the patronage of the Cistercian Abbey of Bonmont since the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Grens came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick . It was under the rule of Gingin . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Grens 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. Today Grens does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Gingins.

Web links

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

• Community information
• Germain Hausmann: Grens. 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 .