Jouxtens-Mézery
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Vaud (VD)
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| District : | Lausanne |
| BFS no. : | 5585 |
| Postal code : | 1008 |
| Coordinates : | 535 494 / 156 069 |
| Height : | 525 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 471-596 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 1.93 km² |
| Residents: | 1470 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 762 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.jouxtens-mezery.ch |
 Jouxtens-Mézery church |
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Jouxtens-Mézery is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .
geography
Jouxtens-Mézery lies at 525 m above sea level. M. , 4.5 km northwest of the canton capital Lausanne (air line). The urban agglomeration of Lausanne extends on the south-west slope of the Jorat , in the Vaud Central Plateau , in a panoramic position above Renens and around 150 m above lake level of Lake Geneva .
The area of the municipal area of 1.9 km² comprises a section on the southwest slope of the Jorat plateau. While the upper part of the slope is quite steep, the lower part has only a slight slope. The north-western boundary forms the wooded valley of a side stream of the Mèbre. In 1997, 36% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 12% for forests and woodlands and 52% for agriculture.
Jouxtens-Mézery consists of the two villages Jouxtens ( 525 m above sea level ) and Mézery ( 555 m above sea level ) on the slope above Renens. Neighboring municipalities of Jouxtens-Mézery are Romanel-sur-Lausanne , Prilly , Renens , Crissier and an exclave of Lausanne .
population
With 1,470 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Jouxtens-Mézery is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 87.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.7% German-speaking and 1.6% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Jouxtens-Mézery was 176 in 1850 and 236 in 1900. Since 1960 (327 inhabitants) a rapid increase in population with a fourfold increase in the number of inhabitants within 40 years has been observed. The settlement area of Jouxtens-Mézery has grown together almost completely with those of Renens, Prilly and Romanel-sur-Lausanne.
economy
Jouxtens-Mézery was a predominantly agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . Today arable farming has only a marginal importance in the employment structure of the population. Most jobs today are in the service sector, but Jouxtens-Mézery only owns smaller companies.
Since the 1950s, the settlement pressure on the municipality on the edge of the Lausanne agglomeration has increased. In 1956, the village population successfully resisted a development plan that was supposed to enable the construction of extensive residential areas in the municipality. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in the city of Lausanne and in the surrounding communities.
traffic
The community has good transport connections. It is located near the main road 5 from Lausanne to Yverdon-les-Bains . The A9 motorway (Lausanne-Sion), opened in 1974, crosses the municipality. The nearest motorway connections Lausanne-Blécherette on the A9 and Lausanne-Crissier on the A1 are around 2 km from the village.
On November 5, 1873, the Lausanne - Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne section of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher narrow-gauge railway with one stop each for Jouxtens and Mézery was put into operation.
history
The earliest traces of settlement in the municipality of Jouxtens-Mézery come from a Roman villa. Jouxtens was first mentioned in a document in 1223 under the name Jotens . Later names were Jothens (1227) and Joutens (1228). The place name goes back to the Burgundian personal name Jutha and means for the people of Jutha . Mézery is mentioned as Masiriaco as early as 929 , later the spellings Maisirie and Maiserie (in the 13th century) and Miaxirier appeared . This name is derived from the Latin personal name Masirius .
Jouxtens-Mézery was owned by the Lausanne cathedral chapter since the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Jouxtens-Mézery came under the administration of the Lausanne bailiffs . While Jouxtens was directly under the jurisdiction of Lausanne, Mézery formed its own court and from 1698 belonged to the de Crousaz family . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , the village 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 Lausanne district.
Attractions
Mézery Castle dates from the early 18th century. The church was built around 1750.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Jouxtens-Mézery (French)
- François Béboux: Jouxtens-Mézery. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Aerial photography
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .