Paudex

Paudex
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Lavaux-Oron
BFS no. :	5588
Postal code :	1094
Coordinates :	541 194  /  150761 coordinates: 46 ° 30 '20 "  N , 6 ° 40' 21"  O ; CH1903:  541194  /  150761
Height :	382  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372-514 m above sea level M.
Area :	0.49  km²
Residents:	1504 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	3069 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.paudex.ch
Location of the municipality

Paudex is a municipality in the Lavaux-Oron district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1960)

Paudex lies at 382  m above sea level. M. , 3.5 km south-east of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The urban agglomeration of Lausanne stretches along the slope that adjoins Lake Geneva to the north , east of the Paudèze stream , in the far west of Lavaux .

The area of ​​the municipality, which is just 0.5 km² in size, comprises a small section on the north shore of Lake Geneva. The parish extends from the lakeshore northwards up the slope to below the train station of La Conversion (Lutry). In the west the Paudèze forms the border , in the northwest its left side stream Le Flonzel . The highest point of Paudex is 513  m above sea level. M. on a small hill south of the train station La Conversion. In 1997, 82% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 6% for forests and woodlands and 12% for agriculture.

The Bochat settlement at 450  m above sea level belongs to Paudex . M. above the village. Paudex's neighboring municipalities are Pully , Belmont-sur-Lausanne and Lutry .

population

With 1504 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Paudex is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 83.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.6% German-speaking and 3.2% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Paudex was 216 in 1870 and 324 in 1900. Since 1950 (453 inhabitants) a rapid population increase with a tripling of the population within 50 years has been observed. The settlement area of ​​Paudex has now seamlessly merged with those of Pully and Lutry.

economy

Up until the first half of the 20th century, Paudex was a predominantly agricultural village. At that time viticulture was practiced on the slope above the village . Today there is only a vine-growing area of ​​0.6 hectares, and arable farming has hardly any significance in the income structure of the population.

Coal deposits were discovered in the Paudèze valley in the 17th century . The stone and brown coal was mined particularly in the period 1771-1796, in the second half of the 19th century and during the two world wars. In the 18th century there was a glassworks in Paudex. Today, jobs are concentrated in small and medium-sized companies (including Nestlé Nespresso SA and the watch manufacturer Blancpain ) and the service sector. The Center Patronal is located in Paudex.

In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are also commuters who work mainly in the city of Lausanne and in the surrounding communities.

traffic

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road 9 , which leads from Lausanne along the lakeshore via Vevey and Montreux into the Valais . The Belmont motorway junction on the A9 (Lausanne-Sion) opened in 1974 is around 2 km from the town. Paudex is connected to the public transport network by line 9 of the Lausanne trolleybus operated by Transports publics de la région Lausannoise , which runs from Prilly via Lausanne to Lutry. The railway line from Lausanne to Valais crosses the municipality, but has no stop in Paudex.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1220 under the name Paudais . Later the names Poudans , Poudais , Poudaix and Poudays followed . In the Middle Ages Paudex belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne, but was administratively dependent on Lutry. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the rural bailiff of Lausanne . It initially belonged to Pully and only became an independent municipality in 1721. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Paudex 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

The current building of Bochat Castle, a fortified mansion equipped with two towers that once stood in the middle of the vineyards, was built in the early 16th century. The castle underwent major changes in 1931. Paudex does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Pully. In 1988 an ecumenical chapel was inaugurated. The arched viaduct of the Lausanne - Villeneuve railway line over the Paudèze valley is located near Paudex.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Paudex (French)
• André Schmutz: Paudex. 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 .