Saint-Prex

Geschichte

Saint-Prex is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.In 1973, St-Prex was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.HistorySaint-Prex is first mentioned in 885 as Sanctus Prothasius.The town was founded with the construction of the chateau in 1234AD. The bourg (old town) forms a peninsula extending from the north shore of Lake Geneva. In recent years the commerce of the town has mostly moved to outer areas. St-Prex is a port for the CGN lake steamers in summer.GeographySaint-Prex has an area, of 5.5km2. Of this area, 2.9km2 or 52.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.46km2 or 8.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.12km2 or 38.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 36.2% is used for growing crops and 2.5% is pastures, while 13.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.