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Bussigny-près-Lausanne
Bussigny (until 2014 Bussigny-près-Lausanne) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. History Bussigny is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Bussignye''. Geography Bussigny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 11.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 14.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouest Lausannois District
Ouest Lausannois District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is Renens. Geography Ouest Lausannois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 61.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Demographics Ouest Lausannois has a population () of . In there were 397 live births to Swiss citizens and 430 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 362 deaths of Swiss citizens and 75 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremblens
Bremblens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. History Bremblens is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Bremblens''. Geography Bremblens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 19.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.2% is used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crissier
Crissier () is a municipality in the district of Ouest Lausannois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Lausanne. History Crissier is first mentioned in 1199 as ''Crissiaco''. In 1228 it was mentioned as ''Crissie''. Geography Crissier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 14.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 16.3%. while parks, green belts and sports field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Échandens
Échandens is a municipality in the district of Morges of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. History Échandens is first mentioned in 1164 as ''Scandens''. Geography Échandens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 29.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 15.7% of the total land area is heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Écublens, Vaud
Écublens () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is a suburb of Lausanne and is served by the Lausanne metro line 1 and several bus lines. The nearest train station is Renens. History A Hallstatt era grave was discovered in Dorigny. Three Bronze Age graves were found in Valeyre and several La Tène culture graves have been found in Bassenges and Valeyre. A motte (a raised earthen, fortified hill) of an unknown age is found at a place in the municipality which is known as ''Chateau-de-la-Motte''. A connection between the motte and nearby Roman era artifacts has not been established. Écublens is first mentioned around 958-59 as ''in villa Escublens''. In 964 it was mentioned as ''Scubilingis'' in a document recording the property of the cathedral of Lausanne. This document mentions that Scubilingis is situated near Renens. In the 10th Century Écublens was part of the territory of Renens. Under Berne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mex, Vaud
Mex is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. History Mex is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Mais''. Geography Mex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villars-Sainte-Croix
Villars-Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois. History The Order of St John owned the old village church and a hospital which is mentioned in records from before 1272. The buildings still existed as ruins in 1546. Both had been part of the commandry of La Chaux. Geography Villars-Sainte-Croix has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 37.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vufflens-la-Ville
Vufflens-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud. Geography Vufflens-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this, or 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.0% is forested. Of the remaining land, or 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.9% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built-up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings make up 7.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Twenty-one percent of the total land area is heavily forested and 2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aclens
Aclens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. History Aclens is first mentioned in 1002 as ''Astlegus''. Geography Aclens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.4% of the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venoge (river)
The Venoge () is a Swiss river located in the canton of Vaud, a tributary of the Rhône, via Lake Geneva. The Swiss poet Jean Villard Gilles wrote a poem about it, '' La Venoge'', in 1954. Geography The Venoge has its source at L'Isle in the canton of Vaud and flows 44 km down to Lake Geneva, by Saint-Sulpice. Course Between its source in L'Isle and Lake Geneva, la Venoge runs through Cuarnens, La Chaux, Moiry, Chevilly, Ferreyres, La Sarraz, Éclépens, Lussery-Villars, Daillens, Cossonay, Penthalaz, Penthaz, Gollion, Vufflens-la-Ville, Aclens, Bussigny-près-Lausanne, Bremblens, Échandens, Écublens, Denges, Préverenges to finally reach Saint-Sulpice. Tributaries * Le Veyron * La Molombe * La Senoge History The Venoge was called ''Venobia'' in 814, ''Venubia'' in 937, ''Vinogia'' in 7th century, ''Venopia'' in 1313 and ''Venogy'' in 1316. Its name is probably of Celtic origin. In 1913 it was described as splitting at La Sarraz, with the smaller part jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second highest total number of votes in the 2019 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, currently Alain Berset and Simonetta Sommaruga. As of September 2019, the SP is the second largest political party in the Federal Assembly. Unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP is the largest pro-European party in Switzerland and supports Swiss membership of the European Union. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to capitalism and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearth Tax
A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period, levied on each hearth, thus by proxy on wealth. It was calculated based on the number of hearths, or fireplaces, within a municipal area and is considered among the first types of progressive tax. Hearth tax was levied in the Byzantine Empire from the 9th century, France and England from the 14th century, and finally in Scotland and Ireland in the 17th century. History Byzantine Empire In the Byzantine Empire a tax on hearths, known as ''kapnikon'', was first explicitly mentioned for the reign of Nicephorus I (802–811), although its context implies that it was already then old and established and perhaps it should be taken back to the 7th century AD. Kapnikon was a tax levied on households without exceptions for the poor.Haldon, John F. (1997) ''Byzantium in the Seventh Century: the Transformation of a Culture''. Cambridge University Press. France In the 1340s especially, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
