Allaman

Origin of the name Allaman

A family of ministeriales of Allaman is attested in 1219; the place is mentioned in 1234 in the form « Alamant ». The name is thought to correspond to the adjective « alaman(d) » and to designate a place inhabited by a certain A(l)lamandus, Alamannus or Alamant, or by a German-speaking (Alemannic) individual (to be cross-checked).

Founding of Allaman

The area was occupied early: Neolithic graves, Bronze Age stone cists and Roman coins and building remains have been found there. None of the sources consulted says who founded the village. In the Middle Ages a lordship developed whose castle controlled the crossing of the Aubonne; it covered an area twice as large as the present municipality and included Buchillon.

History of Allaman

Neolithic. Neolithic graves in the municipality.

Bronze Age. Burials in stone cists.

Roman period. Roman coins and building remains.

1219. A family of ministeriales of Allaman is attested.

1234. First mention of the place in the form « Alamant ».

1291-1292. Construction of the castle, according to dendrochronological dating (to be cross-checked).

1344. The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is mentioned.

before 1412. Construction of the church tower.

before 1515. Construction of the Rochefort fortified house.

1530. The castle is burned by the Confederates during the affair of the Knights of the Spoon (Chevaliers de la Cuiller).

1536. After the Reformation, the church is attached to the parish of Perroy.

1536-1798. Under Bernese rule, Allaman belongs to the bailiwick of Morges.

1547. The de Cerjat family acquires the castle and carries out major works (to be cross-checked).

1723. Renovation of the castle.

1798. Allaman is attached to the district of Aubonne.

1803. Allaman belongs to the district of Rolle.

1838. The Rochefort fortified house is bequeathed to the Bourse des pauvres of Lausanne.

1858. Opening of a station on the Lausanne-Geneva line.

1895. Opening of a secondary railway line, later replaced by a bus service; the Cornaz cement pipe factory is established.

1964. Access to the motorway.

1990. Wine growing still employs 18.5 % of the working population.

2008. Allaman becomes part of the new district of Morges, created by the territorial reorganisation of 2006.

Population of Allaman

Population of Allaman

1764	119
1850	292
1900	334
1950	369
2000	392
2025	412

Historic sites in Allaman

Allaman Castle. Castle that controlled the crossing of the Aubonne, burned in 1530 and renovated in 1723. It belonged notably to the de Cerjat family from 1547, then to the Sellon family in the 18th century; the pacifist Jean-Jacques de Sellon (1782-1839) received figures such as Joseph Bonaparte there (to be cross-checked). A listed monument, it was renovated at the beginning of the 21st century.

Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Church mentioned from 1344, whose tower predates 1412; the building is dated to the 15th-16th centuries. Attached to the parish of Perroy after the Reformation, it has been a listed monument since 1954.

Rochefort fortified house. Fortified house built before 1515, bequeathed in 1838 to the Bourse des pauvres of Lausanne; listed as a monument in 1960.

Remains in Allaman

Prehistoric burials. Neolithic graves and Bronze Age stone cists discovered in the municipality.

Roman remains. Coins and building remains from the Roman period.

Sources

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

Other villages near Allaman

• Chanivaz (VD)
• Buchillon (VD)
• Etoy (VD)
• Perroy (VD)
• Aubonne (VD)