Begnins
Begnins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It belongs to the wine-producing area of La Côte.
Begnins
Switzerland
Syndic
Antoine Nicolas
4.76 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
541 m (1,775 ft)
1,950
410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
5704
CH-VD
www
Profile (in French), SFSO statistics
Coat of arms[edit]
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, on a bar Azure a garb Or, in chief three pine-trees Vert, in base three vines proper leaved Vert and fruited Or.[6]
Sights[edit]
The entire village of Begnins is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[14]
Begnins is crossed by the "Toblerone line".
Notable residents[edit]
Begnins was home to Phil Collins, of the band Genesis and the multiple Formula 1 Grand Prix World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart.[15] It was also once home to racing driver and Formula 1 champion Jochen Rindt.
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne Wiazemsky married in Begnins.[16]
Politics[edit]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party which received 25.55% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (17.68%), the FDP.The Liberals (13.97%) and the Green Party (13.37%). In the federal election, a total of 436 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.6%.[17]
Religion[edit]
From the 2000 census, 381 or 28.5% were Roman Catholic, while 577 or 43.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 11 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.82% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 64 individuals (or about 4.79% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals (or about 0.30% of the population) who were Jewish, and 57 (or about 4.27% of the population) who were Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist and 1 person who was Hindu. 196 (or about 14.68% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 70 individuals (or about 5.24% of the population) did not answer the question.[10]