Dardagny

Geschichte

Dardagny is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.In 1978, Dardagny received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.HistoryDardagny is first mentioned in 1309 as Dardaniacum. The village of La Plaine is first mentioned in 1321 as Planum.GeographyDardagny has an area, of 8.6km2. Of this area, 5.27km2 or 61.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.23km2 or 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.81km2 or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2km2 or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.08km2 or 0.9% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 24.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 32.7% is used for growing crops and 4.7% is pastures, while 24.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.It consists of the villages of Dardagny and La Plaine as well as numerous hamlets including Essertines and Malval. The municipality of Dardagny consists of the sub-sections or villages of La Tuilière, Roulave, Malval, Essertines, Vallon de l'Allondon, Dardagny and La Plaine.DemographicsDardagny has a population of., 26.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.4%. It has changed at a rate of -3.9% due to migration and at a rate of 8.6% due to births and deaths.