Puidoux

Puidoux
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Lavaux-Oron
BFS no. :	5607
Postal code :	1070
Coordinates :	549 654  /  150221 coordinates: 46 ° 30 '5 "  N , 6 ° 46' 58"  O ; CH1903:  549654  /  150221
Height :	663  m above sea level M.
Height range :	372–986 m above sea level M.
Area :	22.86  km²
Residents:	2880 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	126 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.puidoux.ch
Lac de Bret in Puidoux
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Puidoux is 663  m above sea level. M. , 12 km east of the canton capital Lausanne (linear distance). The village extends in the valley of the Forestay stream, in a wide hollow between the Mont de Gourze in the west and the Mont Pèlerin in the east, northeast of Lake Geneva , in the Vaud Central Plateau .

The area of ​​the 22.9 km² municipal area comprises a section of the Lavaux on the north-eastern shore of Lake Geneva (around 2.5 km of the lakeshore line) and the heights adjoining to the north. In the southern part of the municipality, the steepest slopes of Lavaux with an average incline of around 40 ° between the wine-growing villages of Epesses and Rivaz belong to Puidoux. This steep slope is separated by the height of Le Signal ( 660  m above sea level ) from the Plaine du Verney , a broad valley of the Forestay , in which the settlement and industrial area of ​​Puidoux is located. The Lac de Bret drinking water reservoir ( 674  m above sea level ) is also located in the catchment area of ​​the Forestay . In the west, the municipality extends over the Bois de la Vulpillière forest ( 734  m above sea level ) to the slope of Mont de Gourze (at Bois de Romont 800  m above sea level ). To the north, the municipality extends over the largely flat watershed between the catchment areas of the Rhone and Rhine into the Molasse hill country south-east of the Jorat . In the extreme north lies the Montagne des Carboles ( 792  m above sea level ), which is bordered by the Grenet in the west and the Corbéron in the east , both of which are creeks that feed their waters to the Broye . The eastern boundary of the Puidoux area is formed by the Mont Chesau ( 985  m above sea level ), the Mont Pèlerin , on the slope of which at 990  m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached, as well as the Salenche brook, which rises on Mont Pèlerin and flows to Lake Geneva . In 1997, 8% of the municipal area was in settlements, 25% in forests and woodlands, 64% in agriculture and a little less than 3% was unproductive land.

Puidoux includes the industrial area at the Puidoux-Chexbres train station and the hamlets of Treytorrens ( 383  m above sea level ) on the slope of Lavaux, La Croix ( 630  m above sea level ) and Goy ( 682  m above sea level ) above the Vineyards , Publoz ( 620  m above sea level ) in the Valley of the Forestay, Vers la Chapelle ( 684  m above sea level ) south of the village of Puidoux, Lôche ( 687  m above sea level ) and Cremières ( 710  m above sea level ) ) on the southwest slope of Mont Pèlerin. Furthermore, numerous farm settlements and individual farms also belong to the community. Neighboring municipalities of Puidoux are Bourg-en-Lavaux , Forel (Lavaux) , Oron , Chardonne , Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) , Chexbres and Rivaz in the canton of Vaud and Granges (Veveyse) in the canton of Friborg .

population

With 2880 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Puidoux is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 83.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 5.7% Portuguese-speaking and 3.7% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Puidoux was 1355 in 1900. During the 20th century the population initially remained fairly stable. However, since 1960 (1341 inhabitants) a strong increase has been registered.

economy

Until the middle of the 20th century, Puidoux was predominantly an agricultural village. Even today, viticulture on the perfectly sunny slopes of Lavaux (around 73 hectares) has an important place in the income structure of the population. The Puidoux wine region is called Dézaley ; the white wines produced here (from Chasselas ) are among the top products of Lavaux. A law has been protecting the vineyard from new buildings since 1949. Agriculture , dairy farming and cattle breeding are practiced on the plateaus in the northern municipality .

Numerous other jobs are available in the secondary and especially in the service sector. The commercial and industrial area of ​​Puidoux is located on the Plaine du Verney and was created in the 1970s after the motorway opened. There are several wine shops, as well as businesses in the building trade, metal construction, precision engineering workshops and shopping, furniture and sports and leisure shops. Puidoux has had an equestrian center (Les Chaux) and a golf course (east of Lac de Bret) since 1973. Crêt-Bérard on the height between Puidoux and Chexbres is a meeting place of the Reformed Church of Vaud, inaugurated in 1953.

The village has developed into a residential community through the construction of numerous single and multi-family houses in recent decades. Thanks to the good transport connections, many workers are commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and the Vevey - Montreux region.

traffic

The community has excellent transport connections. It is located near the main road from Vevey to Moudon . The Chexbres motorway junction on the A9 (Lausanne-Sion) opened in 1974 , which crosses the municipality, is located on the Plaine du Verney, around 2.5 km from the town center.

Puidoux is on the railway line from Lausanne to Friborg , which went into operation on September 4, 1862. The Puidoux-Chexbres train station is on the edge of the Plaine du Verney near Publoz; There is another stop near Puidoux (Moreillon). From the Puidoux-Chexbres train station, a branch line has been branching off via Chexbres to Vevey since May 2, 1904, on which the Train des Vignes operates. A bus line takes care of the fine distribution in public transport, which serves the routes from the train station to Puidoux and via Chexbres to Cully .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1036 under the name Poistdor . Later the names Poidoux (1134), Poysdor (1140), Poidor and Poydoux (1141), Poydors (1142), Podoir (1154), Posdor (1171), Pouedour (in the 12th century), Postdor (1200), Poydu , Poedour (1274) and Posdors around 1710 . The place name is derived from the patois expression poyet (hill, height).

Puidoux belonged to the Bishop of Lausanne since the Middle Ages . He had the Tour de Marsens observation post and a castle built in the vineyards in the 12th and 13th centuries , but the remains of these have disappeared. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Puidoux came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Lausanne . 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 Lavaux district. Until 1810 Puidoux was part of the large parish of Saint-Saphorin and only then became a politically independent parish.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Puidoux

The chapel Saint-Nicolas in the hamlet of Vers la Chapelle, which is listed as a historical monument, dates back to the 11th century. It was enlarged in 1746 and later restored several times.

In the midst of the Dézaley vineyards is the crenellated Tour de Marsens, which was built around 1160 on the instructions of the then Lausanne bishop and for a long time served as an observation and signal post.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Puidoux (French)
• Aerial views of the village
• Tour de Marsens
• Pierre Margot: Marsens (VD). 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 .