Puidoux

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

Geography

Puidoux is located on 663 m above sea level. M., 12 km east of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The village is located in the valley of the brook forestay, in a wide landscape trough between the Mont de Gourze the west and the Mont Pelerin in the east, northeast of Lake Geneva, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of 22.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Lavaux on the northeastern shore of Lake Geneva ( approximately 2.5 km Lakeshore line) and the northerly adjacent heights. In the southern part of the municipality, the steepest slopes of the Lavaux belong with an average slope of about 40 ° between the wine villages Epesses and Rivaz to Puidoux. This escarpment is separated by the height of Le Signal (660 m above sea level. M. ) of the Plaine du Verney, a wide valley of the forestay, in which the residential and commercial area of Puidoux is. Also in the catchment area of the forestay to the DHW storage tank Lac de Bret is ( 674 m above sea level. M. ). In the West, the territory extends over the adjoining lake forest height Bois de la Vulpillière ( 734 m above sea level. M. ) to the slopes of Mont de Gourze ( at Bois de Romont 800 m above sea level. M. ). To the north of the municipality extends over the ground here running in the largely flat area watershed between the basins of the Rhone and Rhine in the south-east adjoining the Jorat Molassehügelland. In the extreme north is the forest height Montagne des Carboles located ( 792 m above sea level. M. ), by the Grenet, is bounded on the east by Corberon in the West, both streams that supply their water Broye. The eastern part of the area of Puidoux form the Mont Chesau ( 985 m above sea level. M. ), the Mont Pelerin, on the hillside 990 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is achieved, as well as of the Mont Pelerin Springing and Lake Geneva flowing brook Salenche. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 25 % of forest and shrubs, 64% to agriculture and less than 3% was unproductive land.

To Puidoux include the industrial area in Puidoux- Chexbres station and the hamlet Treytorrens ( 383 m above sea level. M. ) on the slopes of the Lavaux, La Croix (630 m above sea level. M. ) and Goy ( 682 m above sea level. M. ) above the vineyards, Publoz (620 m above sea level. M. ) in the valley of the forestay, Vers la Chapelle ( 684 m above sea level. M. ) south of the village Puidoux, Loche ( 687 m above sea level. M. ) and Cremières (710 m above sea level. M. ) on the southwestern slope of Mont Pelerin. Furthermore, numerous Hofsiedlungen and individual farms belong to the community. Neighboring communities of Puidoux are Bourg -en -Lavaux, Forel ( Lavaux), Oron, Chardonne, Saint- Saphorin ( Lavaux), Chexbres and Rivaz, Canton of Vaud and Granges ( Veveyse) in the Canton of Fribourg.

Population

With 2768 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Puidoux belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 83.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 5.7 % and 3.7 % portugiesischsprachig in German (as of 2000). The population of Puidoux amounted in 1900 to 1355 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population initially remained fairly stable. Since 1960 (1341 inhabitants), however, strong growth was registered.

Economy

Puidoux was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the wine has the best sun-drenched slopes of the Lavaux ( about 73 ha) an important place in the economic structure of the population. The wine-growing area of Puidoux named Dézaley; the white wines produced here ( Chasselas ) are among the top products of the Lavaux. Since 1949 a law protects the Rebhang before new buildings. On the plateaus in the northern municipality farming, dairy farming and cattle breeding.

Many other jobs are in the secondary and especially in the services available. The commercial and industrial area of Puidoux located in the Plaine du Verney and was created in the 1970s after the opening of the highway. There are several wine shops, next among builders, metal construction, precision engineering workshops, shopping, furniture and sports and leisure businesses. Puidoux has since 1973 an equestrian center (Les Chaux ) and a golf course (east of Lac de Bret ). Cret - Berard at the height between Puidoux Chexbres and is a 1953 inaugurated a meeting of the Reformed Church of Vaud.

Through the construction of numerous single and multi- family homes in the past few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are due to the good transport links commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and in the Vevey-Montreux region.

Traffic

The community is conveniently reach and accessible. It is near the main road from Vevey to Moudon. The motorway connection Chexbres on the A9 opened in 1974 (Lausanne -Sion ), which crosses the municipality, is located on the Plaine du Verney, about 2.5 km from the center.

Puidoux is located on the railway line from Lausanne to Freiburg, which was put into operation on September 4, 1862. The station Puidoux- Chexbres located on the edge of the Plaine du Verney at Publoz; near Puidoux there is another stop ( Moreillon ). From Puidoux- Chexbres station since May 2, 1904 branches a sideline via Chexbres from Vevey, runs on which the Train des Vignes. For the dispersion in public transport is a bus line, which operates the following routes from the station to Puidoux and via Chexbres to Cully makes.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1036 under the name Poistdor. Later, the names Poidoux ( 1134 ), Poysdor ( 1140 ), Poidor and Poydoux ( 1141 ) published, Poydors ( 1142 ), Podoir ( 1154 ), Posdor ( 1171 ), Pouedour ( the 12th century ), Postdor ( 1200), Poydu, Poedour ( 1274) and still in 1710 Posdors. The place name is from the patois expression Poyet ( hill height ) derived.

Puidoux belonged since the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Lausanne. This left the 12th and 13th century in the vineyards the observation post Tour de Marsens and built a castle whose remains 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 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 Lavaux. Until 1810 Puidoux was part of the parish of Saint- Saphorin and was only after a politically independent community.

Attractions

The listed protective chapel Saint -Nicolas in the hamlet Vers la Chapelle goes back in essence to the 11th century. It was enlarged in 1746 and later restored several times.

Surrounded by the vineyards of Dézaley is the crenellated Tour de Marsens, which was built around 1160 on the instructions of the then Bishop of Lausanne and served for a long time as an observation and signaling post.

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