Puidoux

Geschichte

Puidoux is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.HistoryPuidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as Puidos. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality.GeographyPuidoux has an area, of 22.89km2. Of this area, 14.27km2 or 62.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.56km2 or 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.4km2 or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.58km2 or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 21.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.0% is used for growing crops and 26.1% is pastures, while 4.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.The municipality was part of the Lavaux District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Puidoux became part of the new district of Lavaux-Oron.The municipality is located along Lake Geneva and stretches to the Jorat region and the Broye river. The lower section of the municipality consists of the village of Puidoux along the lake, the hamlets of Publoz and Cremières and the vineyards of Treytorrens and Dézaley. The upper section of the municipality includes scattered settlements along the ridges of Mont-Pèlerin, to the Lac de Bret and Mont-Chesau.