Mies

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Mies
Canton	Vaud
District	Nyon
Coordinates	46°18′N 06°10′E
Population	1481 (2004)
Area	3.47 km²
Elevation	410 m
Postal code	1295
SFOS number	5723
Mayor	Patrice Engelberts
Website	www.mies.ch
Surrounded by	Tannay, Chavannes-des-Bois, Versoix (GE)
Mies

For other uses, see Mies (disambiguation).

Mies is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Nyon, on the border with the canton of Geneva. It is approximately half-way between Geneva and Nyon. Mies sits on Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), which lies to the southeast. The part of Mies touching the lake measures 1.63 km. To the southwest lies Versoix, in the Canton of Geneva and to the northwest Chavannes des Bogis, which houses a major shopping mall. To the north and west lie the Communes of Tannay, Bogis Bossy, and Coppet. Mies is separated from the neighbouring commune of Tannay by small ravine containing a stream known as le nant du Torry.

1 History
2 Mies Village
3 Recreation
4 Transportation
- 4.1 Rail
- 4.2 Bus
5 Demographics
6 Image gallery
7 External links

[edit] History

It is thought that the name Mies comes from its location of half way ("mi-") between Geneva and Nyon, or maybe because it is half way between Versoix and Coppet.

Village center

[edit] Mies Village

The village of Mies is served by a number of small businesses. Amongst these can be found a general store/grocer, the post office, hairdresser, video store, pharmacy, tea-room, restaurants, a dentist, a hotel, bank, and a flower shop. In the commune of Mies, but not in the village centre, can be found a number of businesses mostly along the Route Suisse, which follows the lake, including restaurants, lake facilities, boat builders, and garages.

The Primary school in the village is called "Les Sorbiers"

The nearest full size shopping facilities can be found at the neighbouring village of Chavannes de Bogis, about 10 minutes drive away, where there is a major shopping complex.

[edit] Recreation

The playing fields of Mies include a full size football field, basketball pitch, boules (pétanque), running track, tennis courts, and children's playground with swings, climbing frames and other children's games. The clubhouse has showers and toilets, as well as a snack bar, but these facilities are generally only open when football matches are being played on the sports field.

Mies has a public beach on Lake Geneva. There is a polo field, Polo de Veytay, where several important polo matches are played every year. This is part of the large agricultural and forest area known as Domaine de Veytay, in the North-West of the commune and which takes up about 40% of the area of the commune.

The Domaine de Veytay contains a nature reserve known as la Gouille Marion. Although private land, there are no restrictions on walking through the forest, visiting a large pond, and viewing the birds from some watch-sheds in the forest. There are plenty of long winding paths through the countryside and woods, bordering on corn fields and apple orchards. Mies has a second nature reserve, Les Crénées, on the lakeshore, which is also private property, but not accessible to the public.

Right on the border of the commune, but on the Versoix side is the Versoix Sports Centre, which includes a swimming pool.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Rail

The train station of Mies is served by frequent regional trains running north to Coppet or south to Versoix, and Geneva.

[edit] Bus

The nearest public bus is the Service "V" (for Versoix) which stops just outside the border of Mies at the "Centre Sportif la Bécassière", (otherwise known as the Versoix Swimming Pool).

[edit] Demographics

The village of Mies has a population of around 1500 to 1600 living in 1000 homes. This number has risen from the 1289 recorded in 1990 and 940 in 1980. In 1900 the population was 223 in 1800, it was 143, and in 1633 it was just 64. The post code is CH-1295 Mies. Mies is one of the communes of Vaud which are collectively known as the "Terre Sainte".

[edit] Image gallery

Picture of the village centre	Schoolbus stop in front of the Town Hall (Old School)	Primary School, "Les Sorbiers"	The edge of Lake Geneva (The Public Beach)
Veytay, Countryside walks	Entering Mies	Forest path	Pierre à Penys
Cornfield	Versoix: Sports centre