Paudex
Paudex is a municipality in the district of Lavaux -Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Paudex is located on 382 m above sea level. M., 3.5 km southeast of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The suburban community of Lausanne extends north to Lake Geneva on subsequent slope, east of the creek Paudèze, in the extreme west of Lavaux.
The area of only just 0.5 km ² large municipality area includes a small section on the north shore of Lake Geneva. The communal land extends from the lake northwards up the slope to below the railway station of La Conversion (Lutry ). In the West its left side Bach Le Flonzel forms the Paudèze, in the northwest of the border. The highest point of Paudex is 513 m above sea level. M. on a small hill south of the station La Conversion achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 82 % came from settlements, 6% of the forest and woody plants and 12% in agriculture.
To Paudex the settlement Bochat belongs to 450 m above sea level. M. above the village. Neighboring communities of Paudex are Pully, Belmont- sur -Lausanne and Lutry.
Population
With 1398 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Paudex belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 83.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.6 % and 3.2 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Paudex amounted in 1870 to 216 residents in 1900 to 324 inhabitants. Since 1950 (453 inhabitants), a rapid population increase was observed with a tripling of the population within 50 years. The settlement area of Paudex has grown together seamlessly with those of Pully and Lutry.
Economy
Paudex was up in the first half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. It was then operated on a slope above the village viticulture. Today there are only a Rebbaugebiet of 0.6 ha, and agriculture has hardly more significance in the occupational structure of the population.
In the Valley of Paudèze coal deposits were discovered in the 17th century. The hard coal 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. The jobs are now concentrated in the smaller and medium-sized enterprises (including the Nestlé Nespresso SA and the watchmaker Blancpain ) and the service sector. In Paudex the Centre Patronal is.
In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are also commuters who work primarily in the city of Lausanne and in the surrounding communities.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 9, which runs from Lausanne along the lake shore via Vevey and Montreux from Wallis. The motorway junction at the Belmont opened in 1974 A9 (Lausanne -Sion ) is located around 2 km from the village. By line 9 of Lausanne Trolleybus the Transports publics de la région Lausannoise which runs from Prilly via Lausanne to Lutry, Paudex is connected to the public transport network. Although the railway line from Lausanne to Valais crosses the municipality, but does not stop in Paudex.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out 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 bailiwick of Lausanne. It first belonged to and was only in 1721 Pully independent municipality. After the collapse of the ancien régime Paudex belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the district of Lausanne.
Attractions
The present building of the castle Bochat, a fortified, equipped with two towers mansion that once stood in the middle of the vineyards, was built in the early 16th century. The castle underwent major transformations in 1931. Paudex does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Pully. In 1988 an ecumenical chapel was inaugurated. In Paudex the arch viaduct was built in 1860 the railway line Lausanne is - Villeneuve over the valley of Paudèze.