Syens

Syens
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Broye-Vully
BFS no. :	5688
Postal code :	1510
Coordinates :	549 470  /  166311 coordinates: 46 ° 38 '46 "  N , 6 ° 46' 43"  O ; CH1903:  549.47 thousand  /  166311
Height :	588  m above sea level M.
Height range :	530–711 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.52  km²
Residents:	159 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.syens.ch
Syens
Location of the municipality

Syens is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1964)

Syens is 588  m above sea level. M. , 24 km southwest of the district capital Payerne (linear distance). The small clustered village extends on a ledge on the right side of the valley of the Bressonne , northeast of the heights of the Jorat , in the eastern Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 2.5 km² municipal area comprises a section of the Molasse hill country in the area of ​​the central Broyetal . The main part of the area lies on a ridge sloping to the north, which is bounded in the west and north by the valley of the Bressonne, in the east by that of the side stream Carrouge . In the forest Bois de Bioley south of the village is 710  m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Syens. To the north of the Bressonne, the municipality extends to the height of Rossenges (up to 690  m above sea level ). In 1997, 13% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 36% by forests and woodlands and 51% by agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Syens. The neighboring communities of Syens are Moudon , Vulliens , Vucherens , Hermenches and Rossenges .

population

With 159 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Syens is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 86.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 8.6% German-speaking and 1.7% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Syens was 175 in 1900. After that, a decrease of around 50% to 93 inhabitants was recorded by 1980 due to strong emigration; since then the population has increased significantly again.

economy

Syens was a predominantly agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming , fruit growing and animal husbandry have a certain importance in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. An important company based in Syens is Impressor SA, a securities printing company . In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Some workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in Moudon and Lausanne .

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is only a little off the main road 1 from Lausanne via Payerne to Bern , which had high traffic frequencies before the opening of the motorway from Bern to western Switzerland. The road from Moudon to Vevey branches off from this main road at Syens . Syens is connected to the public transport network by bus route 62 of the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise , which runs from Lausanne to Moudon .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in the 10th century under the name Ciens . Later, the names Ciens appeared in comitatu Waldensi (1081) and Siens (1228). The place name goes back to the Burgundian personal name Sigo and means for the people of Sigo .

In the Middle Ages, Syens belonged to the Savoy Bailiwick of Moudon. In the 15th century it was raised to a small rule of its own. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Moudon Bailiwick . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Syens 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

The core of the church of Syens goes back to a building from the Middle Ages. The choir (15th century) is still preserved from this period; the remaining parts come from an extension in 1787. In the center there are some typical farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

literature

• Monique Fontannaz, Brigitte Pradervand: Le district de la Broye-Vully 1. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 128). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 2015, pp. 92-102, ISBN 978-3-03797-180-2 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Syens
• Aerial views of the village
• Nicole Meystre-Schaeren: Syens. 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 .