Eysins

Origin of the name Eysins

The locality appears in 1001/1002 in the form « Osinco ». In 1457 the place bears the name « Oysissi », said to mean « charming country » (to be cross-checked). The etymology is not explained by the other sources consulted. The inhabitants are nicknamed the Poplars (les Peupliers).

Founding of Eysins

None of the sources consulted says who founded the village or when. The area was occupied in Roman times: a villa, an aqueduct and a necropolis bear witness to this. In 1001/1002 King Rudolph III and the lords of the Kingdom of Burgundy sat in Eysins, the first mention of the place. From the 14th century until the Reformation the village depended on the Augustinian priory of Nyon; under Bernese rule it belonged to the bailiwick of Nyon and came under the court of justice (castellany) of Nyon.

History of Eysins

Roman period. A villa, an aqueduct and a necropolis bear witness to Roman occupation.

1001/1002. First mention (« Osinco »): King Rudolph III and the lords of the Kingdom of Burgundy sit here.

around 1000. A royal farm at Terrebonne belongs to the kings of Burgundy (to be cross-checked).

14th century. The village depends on the Augustinian priory of Nyon until the Reformation.

1328. A confraternity of the Holy Spirit is active in the village; it operates until 1536.

1418. Mention of a chapel of Saint George (chapelle Saint-Georges), which disappears at the Reformation.

1457. The place bears the name « Oysissi ».

1536. Under Bernese rule Eysins belongs to the bailiwick of Nyon and comes under the castellany of Nyon.

1764. The village has 136 inhabitants.

1905. The opening of the Nyon-Divonne-les-Bains railway line stimulates the development of the region.

1921. Adoption of the municipal coat of arms, which takes up the tinctures and roses of the arms of the Olivier family.

1930. A small Protestant church is built to replace the former chapel of Saint George.

2000. The municipality has 831 inhabitants; once agricultural and wine-growing, the village has become essentially residential, with many commuters to Geneva.

2008. Eysins becomes part of the new district of Nyon, created by the Vaud territorial reorganisation that came into force on 1 January 2008.

Population of Eysins

Population of Eysins

1764	136
1798	173
1850	234
1900	262
1950	278
1970	396
2000	831
2025	1'811

Historic sites in Eysins

Monument to the Olivier brothers. A monument honours the brothers Urbain and Juste Olivier; the arms of Eysins, adopted in 1921, take up the tinctures and roses of the arms of the Olivier family.

Protestant church. Small church built in 1930; it replaces the chapel of Saint George, mentioned in 1418 and gone since the Reformation.

Terrebonne. Around the year 1000, a royal farm here belonged to the kings of Burgundy (to be cross-checked).

Remains in Eysins

Roman villa, aqueduct and necropolis. Roman occupation of the area left the remains of a villa, an aqueduct and a necropolis.

Sources

• Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Eysins »
• Wikipédia, « Eysins »
• Statistique Vaud, « Population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2025 »
• Wikipédia, « Districts du canton de Vaud »

Other villages near Eysins

• Signy-Avenex (VD)
• Arnex-sur-Nyon (VD)
• Grens (VD)
• Borex (VD)
• Crans (VD)