Paudèze
| Paudèze | ||
 The Paudèze at La Farqua |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | CH : 168 | |
| location | Canton of Vaud , Switzerland | |
| River system | Rhone | |
| Drain over | Rhone → Mediterranean | |
| source | At Savigny 46 ° 33 ′ 9 ″ N , 6 ° 43 ′ 34 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 883 m above sea level M. | |
| muzzle | Between Pully and Paudex in Lake Geneva Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 16 ″ N , 6 ° 40 ′ 6 ″ E ; CH1903: 540873 / 150639 46 ° 30 '16 " N , 6 ° 40' 6" O |
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| Mouth height | 372 m above sea level M. | |
| Height difference | approx. 511 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 64 ‰ | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
The Paudèze is a river in the canton of Vaud .
It rises 1.5 km northwest of Savigny and flows south-west. After 8 km it flows into Lake Geneva between the port of Pully and Paudex . The ravine of the Paudèze is crossed by several road and rail bridges (the Lausanne – Bern line and the Simplon line ). The most important tributary is the Chandelar .
history
At the mouth of the Paudèze there was a factory until 1918 that produced cement called "Paudézite" , of which the factory shipped 600,000 sacks a year. It employed an average of 150 workers between 1902 and 1910. There were also several water- powered mills on the Paudèze .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland, Verlag von Gebrüder Attinger, Neuchâtel 1902-1910; Volume 4, p. 53