Marchissy

Marchissy
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5430
Postal code :	1261
Coordinates :	508502  /  149 193 coordinates: 46 ° 29 '16 "  N , 6 ° 14' 49"  O ; CH1903:  508502  /  149193
Height :	825  m above sea level M.
Height range :	711–1493 m above sea level M.
Area :	11.98  km²
Residents:	463 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.marchissy.ch
Marchissy Parish Church
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Marchissy is 825  m above sea level. M. , 12 km north of the district capital Nyon ( linear distance ). The clustered village extends on the southern slope of the Jura above the Serine valley , in a panoramic position around 450 m above lake level of Lake Geneva .

The area of ​​the 12.0 km² municipal area includes a section of the southern slopes of the Jura and the Vaud Jura. The area is bordered in the south by the Serine stream , a tributary of the Promenthouse . In the southeast it extends into the lowlands of the Prévondavaux valley . This valley is a testimony to the last ice age , it was once a meltwater channel on the edge of the ice age Rhone glacier . To the northwest, the municipality extends over the densely wooded Jura slope to the crest of the anticlines of the Mont-Tendre chain . On the Crêt de la Neuve is 1495  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Marchissy. A small part of the municipality is located in the area of ​​the Combe des Amburnex , a high valley without drainage on the foremost Jura range. In 1997, 3% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 65% for forests and woodlands and 32% for agriculture.

A few individual farms belong to Marchissy. The neighboring municipalities of Marchissy are Longirod in the east, Burtigny in the south-east, Le Vaud in the south and south- west, Bassins in the north- west and Le Chenit in the north .

population

With 463 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Marchissy is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 89.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.0% German-speaking and 2.3% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Marchissy was 280 in 1900. After the population had decreased to 172 by 1970, the population has since increased significantly, with the number of inhabitants doubling within 30 years.

economy

Marchissy was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Agriculture still plays an important role as a livelihood for the population, with livestock and dairy farming dominating over arable farming . Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns along Lake Geneva.

traffic

The municipality is located on the cantonal road that leads from Gland via Saint-George over the Col du Marchairuz into the Vallée de Joux . Marchissy is connected to the public transport network through the Postbus course, which runs from Nyon to Gimel .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1235 under the name Marchisie . The spellings Marchissie (1251) and Marchissier (1301) appeared later . The place name is derived from the Latin word marcasius and means moor , swamp area . Marchissy came as a fief to the lords of Aubonne in the 13th century.

Since the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Marchissy shared the fortunes of Aubonne and in 1701 came to the bailiff of Aubonne. 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 Aubonne district.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint-Nicolas on the ledge on the lower edge of the village was consecrated in 1518 and redesigned in the 19th century. Some farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the town center.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Marchissy
• Germain Hausmann: Marchissy. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Community information
• 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 .