Luins

Geschichte

Luins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryLuins is first mentioned in 1115 as Luins.GeographyLuins has an area, of 2.7km2. Of this area, 2km2 or 74.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.3km2 or 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.36km2 or 13.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 49.1% is used for growing crops and 1.1% is pastures, while 24.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality was part of the Rolle District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Luins became part of the new district of Nyon.The municipality is located in the wine producing La Côte region. It consists of the linear village of Luins, the hamlet of Combes, scattered individual houses and part of the former municipality of Le Vernay.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, three Wings two and one counterchanged.DemographicsLuins has a population of., 31.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 49.4%. It has changed at a rate of 34.4% due to migration and at a rate of 15.1% due to births and deaths.