Bursins

Geschichte

Bursins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryBursins is first mentioned in 1011 as Bruzinges. In a record that was written before 1031 it was mentioned as Brucins.GeographyBursins has an area, of 3.4km2. Of this area, 1.86km2 or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.09km2 or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.46km2 or 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 30.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 39.8% is used for growing crops and 3.9% is pastures, while 11.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Rolle District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bursins became part of the new district of Nyon.The municipality is located in the wine producing Côte region. It consists of the village of Bursins and the hamlets of Le Molard and portions of Le Vernay.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a chevron Gules, in chief two grape bunches and in base a purse all of the last.DemographicsBursins has a population of., 23.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 45.1%. It has changed at a rate of 35.9% due to migration and at a rate of 9.4% due to births and deaths.