Peseux NE

NE is the abbreviation for the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Peseux .

Peseux
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6412
Postal code :	2034
Coordinates :	558 180  /  204 196 coordinates: 46 ° 59 '15 "  N , 6 ° 53' 20"  O ; CH1903:  558,180  /  204196
Height :	543  m above sea level M.
Height range :	504–810 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.41  km²
Residents:	5813 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1705 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.peseux.ch
Peseux with Lake Neuchâtel
Location of the municipality

Peseux is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland .

geography

Peseux lies at 543  m above sea level. M. , 3 km west of the canton capital Neuchâtel (linear distance). The community extends on a terrace on the southern slope of the Jura , in a panoramic position around 120 m above the lake level of Lake Neuchâtel .

The area of ​​the 3.4 km² municipal area includes a section on the southern slope of the foremost Jura chain. The communal soil extends from the terrace of Peseux northwards up the wooded slope ( Forêt de Peseux ) to the anticline that borders the Val de Ruz in the south. In the west the area extends to the height of Serroue (at 805  m above sea level, the highest point of Peseux), in the east partially to the edge of the Gorges du Seyon, the clumpy breakthrough valley of the Seyon through the Jura chain. In 1997, 27% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 70% for forests and woodlands and 3% for agriculture.

Neighboring municipalities to Peseux are Milvignes , Corcelles-Cormondrèche , Val-de-Ruz , Valangin and Neuchâtel .

Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1926

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	611
1900	1344
1950	3338
1960	4933
1970	5578
1980	5212
1990	5139
2000	5387

With 5813 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Peseux is one of the largest municipalities in the canton of Neuchâtel in terms of population. Of the residents, 82.9% are French-speaking, 4.0% Italian-speaking and 3.9% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Peseux increased particularly in the period from 1900 to 1970. Thereafter, a downward trend was observed for some time. Continuous but slow growth has been recorded again since 1990. The settlement area of ​​Peseux has merged seamlessly with those of the neighboring communities Neuchâtel and Corcelles-Cormondrèche.

politics

15th

8th

18th

15th 8th 18th 

A total of 41 seats

• Ensemble a gauche : 15
• glp : 8
• FDP : 18

The legislature of the municipality is the conseil général ( general council ). The 41 members are elected proportionally every four years . Since the election on November 27, 2016, it has been composed as shown in the diagram below.

As the executive acts conseil communal ( municipal council ), which has five members.

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council election were: FDP 29.6%, SP 24.5%, SVP 20.9%, GPS 7.4%, PdA 7.4%, glp 4.1%, CVP 2.5 %, BDP 1.7%, list you vote blanc 1.0%.

economy

For a long time Peseux was a market town and a wine-growing village. Today agriculture and viticulture only play a marginal role. Gradual industrialization began in the second half of the 18th century . In the meantime, Peseux has developed into the residential suburb of Neuchâtel . Almost the entire non-forested area is built over. There are numerous small and medium-sized industrial companies. However, the majority of the workforce is employed in the service sector. Many people also work in Neuchâtel.

traffic

The community has good transport links. It is located on the main road from Neuchâtel into the Val de Travers and further over the border crossing from Les Verrières to Pontarlier in France . On December 1, 1859, the Neuchâtel - La Chaux-de-Fonds railway line was inaugurated with a station near Peseux. The bus line from Neuchâtel via Les Ponts-de-Martel to Le Locle and the means of transport of Transports en commun de Neuchâtel et environs , including line 1 of the Neuchâtel trolleybus, provide for the fine distribution of public transport .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1191 under the name Pusus . In the following years numerous other spellings appeared: Pusoz (1195), Posoys (1277), Poysous (1281), Pusue (1289), Pisuel (1356), Pisoul (1373), Pissuex (1403), Peseulx (1416), Puseux ( 1437), Pissouz (1439), Pusieux (1465) and finally 1466 the current name. The place name probably goes back to the Latin word puteus ( well , cistern ).

Peseux has been under the sovereignty of the Counts of Neuchâtel since the 13th century. From 1648 Neuchâtel was a principality and from 1707 it was linked to the Kingdom of Prussia through personal union. In 1806 the area was ceded to Napoleon I and came to the Swiss Confederation in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , whereby the kings of Prussia until the Neuchâtel trade in 1857 also remained princes of Neuchâtel. The community belonged to the Mairie La Côte until 1848, and since then to the Boudry district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Peseux

The reformed church of Peseux has a tower from 1737, the nave is from 1899. In the old town center there are numerous characteristic town houses from the 17th and 18th centuries; some of them show the style of the late Renaissance . The castle is a stately mansion with three polygonal towers built from 1531 to 1574.

Web links

• Official website of the municipality of Peseux (French)
• Germain Hausmann: Peseux NE. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 . 
2. ↑ list of candidats élus. (PDF) Commune de Peseux, November 27, 2016, accessed on December 1, 2016 (French). 
3. ^ Election du Conseil National du October 18, 2015, Résultats des partis - Les suffrages. (aspx) (No longer available online.) Chancellerie d'État neuchâtelois, October 18, 2015, archived from the original on November 1, 2015 ; Retrieved October 30, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.