Saint-Cergue

Geschichte

Saint-Cergue is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistorySaint-Cergue is first mentioned in 1110 as ecclesiam Sancti Cyrici.GeographySaint-Cergue has an area, of 24.3km2. Of this area, 6.71km2 or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.02km2 or 66.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.41km2 or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.13km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 62.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 2.1% is pastures and 25.5% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Cergue became part of the new district of Nyon.The municipality is located in the Nyon, an der Strasse über den Col de la Givrine gelegen district, Die Gem. umfasst das Dorf. S. und einen Teil des Weilers La Cure, der seit dem Vertrag über das Dappental von 1862 zu S. gehört und beidseits der franz.-schweiz. Grenze liegt.. It consists of the village of Saint-Cergue and the hamlets of Bez. Nyon, an der Strasse über den Col de la Givrine gelegen. Die Gem. umfasst das Dorf. S. und einen Teil des Weilers La Cure, der seit dem Vertrag über das Dappental von 1862 zu S. gehört und beidseits der franz.-schweiz. Grenze liegt..