Vulbens

Vulbens
A view within Vulbens A view within Vulbens
Coat of arms
Vulbens
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Vulbens
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Canton	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Intercommunality	Genevois
Government
• Mayor	Frédéric Budan
Area1	12.53 km2 (4.84 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	921
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	74314 / 74520
Elevation	327–920 m (1,073–3,018 ft)
Website	http://www.vulbens.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vulbens is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Vulbens is located 20 kilometres southwest of Geneva, on the hills of the Vuache. Vulbens has a border with Switzerland, the commune of Chancy. Other neighbouring municipalities are Chevrier, Pougny, Valleiry, Viry and Dingy-en-Vuache.

History

Vulbens was part of the former province Genevois of the Duchy of Savoy.

Templars moved in 1196 to Vulbens, near the place called "Port of the Isles" (near Collogny) and controlled the passage of the Rhone by people crossing by ferry Traille. The area of the Knights Templar later became the property of the hospital and then was transformed into a farm to the Revolution. Today, riding stables, the only visible remnant of his past is a portal which is engraved on the cross of Malta on the keystone.

During the French Revolution, the Savoy region was conquered by France and Vulbens became attached to the département of Léman, of which capital was Geneva. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815, it was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia (heir of the Duchy of Savoy). When Savoy was annexed to France in 1860, it became part of the new département of Haute-Savoie.

Demography

Below, the demographic evolution of the village of Vulbens ordered by date of census 1793 to 2005.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	456	—
1800	318	−30.3%
1806	325	+2.2%
1821	606	+86.5%
1836	752	+24.1%
1846	818	+8.8%
1856	784	−4.2%
1861	802	+2.3%
1866	756	−5.7%
1872	787	+4.1%
1876	792	+0.6%
1881	802	+1.3%
1886	776	−3.2%
1891	692	−10.8%
1896	701	+1.3%
1901	709	+1.1%
1906	697	−1.7%
1911	671	−3.7%
1921	614	−8.5%
1926	619	+0.8%
1931	604	−2.4%
1936	619	+2.5%
1946	589	−4.8%
1954	544	−7.6%
1962	503	−7.5%
1968	511	+1.6%
1975	552	+8.0%
1982	667	+20.8%
1990	751	+12.6%
1999	784	+4.4%
2006	839	+7.0%
2008	921	+9.8%
2010	984	+6.8%
2011	1,016	+3.3%
2012	1,182	+16.3%
2013	1,358	+14.9%
From 1962 : population without double counting Sources : Cassini and INSEE

The inhabitants of Vulbens are called the Vulbanaises and Vulbanais

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Savoie department

References

• INSEE