Penthalaz

Penthalaz
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Gros-de-Vaud
BFS no. :	5495
Postal code :	1305
UN / LOCODE :	CH PHZ
Coordinates :	530 247  /  162 922 coordinates: 46 ° 36 '50 "  N , 6 ° 31' 41"  O ; CH1903:  530247  /  one hundred and sixty-two thousand nine hundred twenty-two
Height :	491  m above sea level M.
Height range :	419-528 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.87  km²
Residents:	3283 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	848 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.penthalaz.ch
Aerial view of Penthalaz
Location of the municipality

Penthalaz is a municipality in the Gros-de-Vaud district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Penthalaz is 491  m above sea level. M. , 1.5 km east of Cossonay and 13 km north-west of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The clustered village extends on a slope that slopes slightly to the south over the Venoge valley , in the Gros de Vaud , in the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 3.9 km² municipal area includes a section of the Gros de Vaud, the granary of the canton of Vaud. The eastern part of the municipality is occupied by the plateau of the Gros de Vaud, which is 503  m above sea level on the Sur Bule corridor . M. , on the Braye hill 514  m above sea level. M. achieved. The northern border forms the valley of the Ruisseau de Malomba , a left tributary of the Venoge. In the west, the communal soil extends into the Venoge valley with the Bois de Vaux marshland . In the very south-west the area extends to the edge of the high plateau of Cossonay, on which at 525  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Penthalaz is reached, as well as the confluence of the Ruisseau de l'Ouffema in the Venoge. In 1997, 26% of the municipal area was in settlements, 18% in forests and woodlands, 55% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Penthalaz includes the station district of Cossonay-Gare ( 434  m above sea level ) in the Venogetal below Cossonay, the residential district of Sous la Ville ( 452  m above sea level ) below the old village center and several new building quarters. The neighboring communities of Penthalaz are Cossonay in the west , Lussery-Villars in the north, Daillen in the east, Penthaz in the south- east and Gollion in the south .

population

With 3,283 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Penthalaz is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud and is also the second largest municipality in the Cossonay district. 87.6% of the residents are French-speaking, 2.8% German-speaking and 2.3% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Penthalaz was 372 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population increased continuously, in the last decades the growth increased (in 1960 the community had 1260 inhabitants).

economy

Up until the end of the 19th century, Penthalaz was a predominantly agricultural village. Today arable farming and fruit growing only play a subordinate role in the income structure of the population.

With the improved transport connections after the opening of the Yverdon-Lausanne railway line, an industrial quarter developed in the Venogetal between Cossonay and Penthalaz. The Grands Moulins de Cossonay (which still exist today under the name Provimi Kliba SA) and a condensed milk factory set up shop here. The Aubert-Grenier cable works was installed in the buildings of this factory in 1898. Since 1923 the former cable factory has been called Câbleries et Tréfileries de Cossonay SA, today Venoge Parc SA. This company, which at times offered up to 1000 jobs, shaped the economic structure of the village and led to an upswing in the region around Cossonay. In the course of the 20th century, a cattle feed factory and several cellars were also established. In addition to the two most important companies mentioned, there are also mechanical workshops, graphic studios, companies in the building trade, metal construction and electrical engineering.

As a regional center together with Cossonay, Penthalaz offers numerous shopping opportunities, sports facilities, cultural facilities and a campsite.

In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the greater Lausanne area .

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road 9 from Lausanne via Cossonay to Vallorbe . The Cossonay motorway junction on the A1 (Lausanne-Yverdon) opened in 1981 is around 3 km from the town center.

On May 7, 1855, the Yverdon - Bussigny-près-Lausanne section of the Yverdon -Lausanne railway line with the Penthalaz-Cossonay station went into operation. Since 1913 the station has only been called Cossonay. In 1897 the Cossonay Gare-Ville (CG) funicular was opened . From Cossonay-Gare there are buses to Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne and L'Isle . The old town center of Penthalaz is connected to the public transport network by a local bus that also serves the villages of Daillens and Penthaz.

history

Necropolises from Roman times and an early medieval burial ground were discovered in the municipality . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1182 under the name Pentala . The spellings Pentalla (1387), Penthala (1574) and Pentallaz (1799) appeared later . The current spelling has only been handed down since 1841. The name refers to a place on the slope (French pente = slope, slope), Penthalaz is the diminutive of Penthaz .

Penthalaz belonged to the dominion of Cossonay since the Middle Ages and after 1420 to the Savoyard Kastlanei Cossonay. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Morges . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Penthalaz belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic, which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1798 it was assigned to the Cossonay district. In 1839, numerous houses fell victim to a village fire.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Penthalaz

The parish church of Saint-Martin is mentioned as early as 1228. It has since been redesigned and restored several times and has murals from the 15th and 16th centuries. In the old town center, some houses (including the Maison des Dîmes) from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.

Web links

Commons : Penthalaz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Penthalaz (French)
• François Béboux: Penthalaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aerial photography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .