Morrens

Morrens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5527
Postal code :	1054
Coordinates :	537 689  /  160 307 coordinates: 46 ° 35 '28 "  N , 6 ° 37' 32"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and thirty-seven thousand six hundred eighty-nine  /  one hundred and sixty thousand three hundred and seven
Height :	702  m above sea level M.
Height range :	622–719 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.67  km²
Residents:	1078 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	294 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.morrens.ch
Morrens
Location of the municipality

Morrens is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . Your name is given the canton abbreviation by the Federal Statistical Office in order to avoid confusion with the homophonic community Morens in the canton of Friborg.

geography

Morrens lies at 702  m above sea level. M. , 8 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The village extends at a height on the western edge of the Jorat , between the Talent in the north and the Mèbre in the south, in the southern Gros de Vaud , in the Vaudois Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.7 km² municipal area covers a section of the higher Vaud Central Plateau. The Morrens plateau is located on the watershed between the Talent (in the Rhine catchment area ) and the Mèbre (in the Rhone catchment area ). These two rivers form the northern and southern municipal boundaries, respectively. On the hill of Morrens, also called Le Signal , is 718  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of the municipality. To the north, the municipality extends on the hill west of the Talent to the forest area Bois aux Allemands . In 1997, 13% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 20% for forests and woodlands and 67% for agriculture.

Morrens includes the districts and new housing developments of Montelier ( 687  m above sea level ) in the north and Petit Montelier ( 695  m above sea level ) in the east of the village and the hamlet of Biolettes ( 677  m above sea level ) north of the Mèbre. The neighboring municipalities of Morrens are Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne in the southwest , Etagnières in the northwest , Assens in the north, Bretigny-sur-Morrens in the northeast, Cugy in the southeast and an exclave of Lausanne in the south .

population

With 1,078 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Morrens is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 90.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.2% German-speaking and 0.9% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Morrens was 285 in 1900. Since 1960 (234 inhabitants) there has been a rapid population increase with a quadrupling of the population within 40 years.

economy

Morrens 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 growth of the population since the 1970s, some small and medium-sized companies also settled in the area, especially in the areas of computer technology, household appliances and electrical engineering. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the greater Lausanne area.

traffic

The community is located away from major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne to Cugy . The Lausanne-Blécherette motorway junction on the A9 (Lausanne-Sion) opened in 1974 is around 5 km, the Cossonay junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 about 7 km from the town center. Morrens is connected to the public transport network through a postbus course that runs from Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne to Cugy.

history

Traces of a Gallo-Roman settlement have been found in the municipality. The first written mention of the place took place in 1147 under the current name of Morrens ; In 1272 the spelling Morrans appeared . The place name probably goes back to the Latin name Maurus .

In the Middle Ages , Morrens belonged to Boten's rule, and in 1535 it became its own small rule. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Morrens 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.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Morrens

The Reformed Church of Saint-Nicolas originally dates from the Middle Ages, but was later redesigned and restored several times. Next to the church is the rectory from the 17th century, where Major Jean Daniel Abraham Davel was born in 1670. The manor house, built in the 17th century by the de Saussure family, owners of the Morrens estate during the Bernese period, has been converted into a parish hall.

Personalities

• Concetta Marino (born February 27, 1942 in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi ), painter, draftsman with a studio in Morrens
• Jean Daniel Abraham Davel (* 1670 in Morrens, † 1723 in Vidy), Swiss rebel
• Daniel Secrétan (1895–1971), diplomat, born in Morrens

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Morrens (French)
• Marianne Stubenvoll: Morrens. 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 . 
2. ^ Concetta Marino. In: Sikart , accessed January 20, 2016.