Tannay VD

VD is the abbreviation for the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Tannay .

Tannay
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Nyon
BFS no. :	5729
Postal code :	1295
Coordinates :	502764  /  129395 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '32 "  N , 6 ° 10' 35"  O ; CH1903:  502764  /  129395
Height :	410  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–461 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.81  km²
Residents:	1573 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	869 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.tannay.ch
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Aerial photo from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930)

Tannay lies at 410  m above sea level. M. , in the extreme southwest of Vaud, 12 km north of the city of Geneva (as the crow flies). The village extends near the west bank of Lake Geneva on a slope gently sloping towards the lake, north of the small valley cut of the Nant stream .

The area of ​​the 1.8 km² municipal area includes a small section on the west bank of Lake Geneva. The community soil extends westward from the lakeshore over the edge of the bank and onto the adjacent ridge. The highest point of Tannay reaches 463  m above sea level. M. The western border of the municipality runs along the canalized Creuson , a side stream of the Versoix . The southern border is initially formed by the Torry stream and, after it flows into the Nant, by this. The Nant, which flows directly into Lake Geneva, has created a small valley near Tannay. In 1997, 34% of the municipal area was in settlements, 14% in forests and woodlands, 51% in agriculture and around 1% was unproductive land.

Tannay includes extensive single-family home quarters. Tannay's neighboring communities are Mies , Chavannes-des-Bois , Commugny and Coppet .

population

With 1573 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Tannay is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the residents, 70.7% are French-speaking, 10.0% German-speaking and 9.1% English-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Tannay was 135 in 1900. After 1960 (360 inhabitants) the population increased rapidly, with the number of inhabitants tripling within 40 years.

economy

Tannay was mainly an agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . Today agriculture only plays a minor role as a source of income for the village population; it focuses on agriculture . Jobs are available in local trade and the service sector. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in Geneva .

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is on the road from Versoix to Divonne-les-Bains . On April 24, 1858, the railway from Coppet to Versoix was put into operation with a stop in Tannay. Hauptstrasse 1 runs along the lakeshore .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1390 under the name Taney . Tannay belonged to the Coppet rule in the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Nyon Bailiwick . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Tannay 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 Nyon district.

Attractions

The castle of Tannay was built in the first half of the 17th century and was restored and rebuilt several times in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today it houses the municipal administration. Tannay does not own a church, it belongs to the parish of Commugny .

Web links

Commons : Tannay VD  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Tannay (French)
• Germain Hausmann: Tannay VD. 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 .