Belmont-sur-Lausanne

Geschichte

Belmont-sur-Lausanne is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne.HistoryBelmont-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1228 as Belmunt sowie apud bellum Montem.GeographyBelmont-sur-Lausanne has an area, of 2.65km2. Of this area, 0.93km2 or 35.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.79km2 or 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.88km2 or 33.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 23.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.8% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 2.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Belmont-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.The municipality is located on a hill above Lake Geneva, east of the Paudèze valley. It consists of the village of Belmont-sur-Lausanne, the hamlet of Rochettaz and the ruins of the village of Les Chaffaises (grinding mill and sawmill).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a triple mount Or, in chief Argent three May-beetles proper.