Etagnières

Etagnières
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5521
Postal code :	1037
Coordinates :	536 657  /  161 307 coordinates: 46 ° 36 '0 "  N , 6 ° 36' 43"  O ; CH1903:  536,657  /  161,307
Height :	628  m above sea level M.
Height range :	588–670 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.78  km²
Residents:	1116 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	295 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.etagnieres.ch
Location of the municipality

Etagnières is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Etagnières is 628  m above sea level. M. , 9 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The clustered village extends over the wide plateau of the Gros de Vaud , on the western edge of the heights of the Jorat , in the Vaud Central Plateau .

The 3.8 km² municipal area covers a section of the gently undulating high plateau of the Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. In the Etagnières area, the plateau has only very slight differences in relief. The highest point of the municipality is on the western slope of the height Tremble with 670  m above sea level. M. achieved. To the north the area extends into the vast Bois d'Orjulaz forest ; in the extreme north-west it borders on the Grand Marais wetland . In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 15% for forests and woodlands and 77% for agriculture.

Etagnières has a number of individual farms. The neighboring municipalities of Etagnières are Assens in the northeast, Morrens in the east, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne in the south, Boussens in the west and Bioley-Orjulaz in the north.

population

With 1,116 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Etagnières is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 90.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.5% German-speaking and 2.4% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Etagnières was 298 in 1850 and 257 in 1900. Since 1960 (248 inhabitants), a rapid population increase has been observed again, with the number of inhabitants tripling within 40 years.

economy

Etagnières was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Today agriculture and animal husbandry have only a marginal importance in the income structure of the population. With the creation of new commercial zones since the 1970s, numerous companies have settled in Etagnières. This includes companies in the body shop and automotive spare parts trade ( Métraux Services ) as well as a company that manufactures agricultural machinery. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the greater Lausanne area.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road 5 from Lausanne to Yverdon-les-Bains . The motorway connections Cossonay on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 and Lausanne-Blécherette on the A9 (Lausanne-Sion) opened in 1974 are each around 6 km from the town center. On June 2, 1874, the Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne - Echallens section of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB) narrow-gauge railway with a station in Etagnières was put into operation.

history

The municipality of Etagnières was settled very early, which is attested by the remains of a forge and a cemetery from Roman times . The first written mention of the place took place in 1202 under the name Estanneres . Later the names Estaneres (1290), Etanières (1377), Ethagnires (1403) and Estagnyeres (1424) appeared. The place name is derived from the French word tanière (cave, den of a wild animal).

Etagnières belonged to Echallen's rule in the Middle Ages . After the Burgundian Wars , the village came to the Orbe-Echallens Bailiwick in 1476 , which was under the common rule of Bern and Friborg . The fiefdom of Etagnières, which temporarily belonged to the Counts of Gruyères, was sold by them to Bern and Friborg in 1518. Even after the Reformation , the majority of the villagers remained Catholic and the church was used by both denominations. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Etagnières 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 Echallens district. The plan to move the airfield from Lausanne-Blécherette to the plateau west of Etagnières was rejected by the population of the canton of Vaud in 1966.

Attractions

The Saint-Laurent church originally dates from the late Middle Ages. The current nave was built in 1768 and the choir was taken over from the previous building. Inside there is a baroque altar from 1654.

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Etagnières (French)
• Marianne Stubenvoll: Etagnières. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

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 .