Ogens

Ogens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5680
Postal code :	1045
Coordinates :	545 284  /  173 667 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '43 "  N , 6 ° 43' 23"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred and forty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-four  /  173,667
Height :	629  m above sea level M.
Height range :	519–738 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.40  km²
Residents:	298 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	88 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.ogens.ch
Ogens
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Ogens lies at 629  m above sea level. M. , 22 km north of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The small farming village extends on a plateau east of the Mentue valley section , in the northern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.4 km² municipal area covers a section of the Molasse hill country between the Mentue and the central Broyetal . The western border runs along the Mentue, which is deeply cut into the molasse layers . To the east, the municipality extends over the high plateau of Ogens up to the height west of Thierrens, on the 740  m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. The Augine brook flows through the north-eastern and northern part of the municipality in a narrow valley that is only slightly sunk into the plateau. The right tributary of the Mentue forms the border to the neighboring communities in parts. In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 30% by forests and woodlands and 64% by agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Ogens. The neighboring communities of Ogens are Bioley-Magnoux in the north, Montanaire in the east and south , Bercher in the south-west and Oppen in the north-west .

population

With 298 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Ogens is one of the small communities in the canton of Vaud. 96.5% of the residents are French-speaking and 3.1% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Ogens was still 357 in 1900. After that, a decrease of 50% to 180 inhabitants was recorded by 1980 due to strong emigration; since then the population has increased slightly again.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Ogens was a predominantly agricultural village. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and cattle breeding play an important role in the income structure of the population. Some other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. There used to be a mill on the Augine. With the construction of single-family houses in recent decades, the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Bercher to Thierrens . Ogens is connected to the public transport network through a post bus course that runs from Bercher to Thierrens.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1166 under the current name. The spellings Ogeins and Oiens (1227) and Ogiens (1412) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Burgundian personal name Augo and means for the people of Augo . The name of the Augine brook has the same origins.

In the Middle Ages, Ogens belonged to the Count of Gruyères. This handed the village over to the cathedral chapter of Lausanne in 1227. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Ogens came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . 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 Moudon district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Ogens

The 18th century church of Ogens at the northern exit of the village was replaced by a new building in 1903. Some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the town center.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Ogens (French)
• Philippe Heubi: Ogens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial views of the village

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 .