Peseux, Switzerland

Peseux with Neuenburgersee

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

Geography

Peseux is located on 543 m above sea level. M., 3 km west of the capital of the canton of Neuchâtel (air line). The municipality extends on a terrace on the southern slope of the Jura, in a scenic location around 120 m above the lake level of Lake Neuchâtel.

The area of ​​3.4 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the southern slopes of the Jura. The communal land extends from the terrace of Peseux north the wooded slope ( Forêt de Peseux ) to the anticline, which limits the Val de Ruz region in the south. In the west, the area to the amount of Serroue ( 805 m above sea level. Highest elevation of Peseux ) ranges, in the east partly to the edge of the Gorges du Seyon, the klusartigen Durchbruchstals of Seyon through the Jura mountains. From the municipality surface 1997 27 % came from settlements, 70 % of forest and trees and 3 % to agriculture.

Neighboring communities of Peseux are Milvignes, Corcelles -Cormondrèche, Val- de -Ruz, Valanginian and Neuchâtel.

Population

With 5745 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) is Peseux terms of population, the fourth largest municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel. Of the residents 82.9% are French, 4.0 % Italian-speaking and German-speaking 3.9 % (as of 2000). The population of Peseux increased especially in the period from 1900 to 1970 strongly. After a declining trend was observed for some time. A continuous but slow growth since 1990 is listed again. The settlement area of Peseux is completely grown together with those of the neighboring communities of Neuchâtel and Corcelles -Cormondrèche.

Economy

Peseux has long been a market town and wine-growing village. Today, agriculture still play only a marginal role with the wine. Since the second half of the 18th century a gradual industrialization took place. Meanwhile Peseux has developed into the residential suburb of Neuchâtel. Almost all non- forested area is overbuilt. There are numerous small and medium-sized industrial enterprises. The majority of the workforce is employed in the service, however. Many workers also work in Neuchâtel.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It lies on the main road from Neuchâtel in the Val de Travers and on over the border crossing from Les Verrières to Pontarlier in France. On 1 December 1859, the railway line was Neuchâtel - La Chaux -de-Fonds inaugurated with a station at Peseux. For the dispersion in public transport, the bus line of Neuchâtel provide via Les Ponts- de -Martel to Le Locle and the transport of Transports en commun de Neuchâtel et environs, including the line 1 of Neuchâtel trolleybus

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out 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 in 1466 the present name. The place name probably derives from the Latin word puteus ( well, cistern ).

Peseux was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Neuchâtel since the 13th century. Since 1648 Neuchâtel principality and 1707 was linked by personal union with the Kingdom of Prussia. 1806, the region was ceded to Napoleon I. and came in 1815 during the Congress of Vienna to the Swiss Confederation, the kings of Prussia until 1857 Neuchâtel trade also prince of Neuchâtel remained. The village belonged until 1848 to the Mairie of La Côte, since the district of Boudry.

Attractions

The Reformed Church of Peseux has a tower in 1737, the nave dates from 1899 in the ancient village rich in characteristic houses from the 17th and 18th centuries have been preserved. ; they show partly the style of the late Renaissance. The castle is one of erbauter 1531 to 1574 stately mansion with three polygonal towers.