Jouxtens-Mézery is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne, comprising the neighbourhoods of Jouxtens and Mézery.
History
Jouxtens is first mentioned in 1185 as Jotens. Mézery is first mentioned in 929 as Masiriaco. The remains of a large roman villa have been found in Mézery, complete with baths and coins from the reigns of Augustus to Constantine. Viticulture has been practised since the 10th century.
Jouxtens-Mézery was unaffected by the changes to the composition of the district of Lausanne on 31 August 2006, remaining part of that district.
Geography
Jouxtens-Mézery is located in the suburbs of the city of Lausanne and consists of the neighbourhoods of Jouxtens ( above sea level) and Mézery ( above sea level) on the slope above Renens. It lies some north-west of the centre of the city. Neighboring municipalities of Jouxtens-Mézery are Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Prilly, Renens, Crissier and an exclave of Lausanne.
The municipality has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 40.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 47.7% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 35.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 7.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.7% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, on a bend counterchanged three Fleurs-de-lys Or.
Demographics
Jouxtens-Mézery has a population () of . , 17.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 14.7%. It has changed at a rate of 11.2% due to migration and at a rate of 3.9% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (999 or 87.2%), with German being second most common (65 or 5.7%) and Portuguese being third (18 or 1.6%). There are 14 people who speak Italian.
, there were 483 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 592 married individuals, 33 widows or widowers and 37 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 391 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household.
there were 416 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 106. There were 11 single room apartments and 251 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 376 apartments (90.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 28 apartments (6.7%) were seasonally occupied and 12 apartments (2.9%) were empty.
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Sights
The entire region of Jouxtens-Mézery is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Economy
, Jouxtens-Mézery had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 35 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 67 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 23 businesses in this sector.
, there were 59 workers who commuted into the municipality and 467 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.9 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 11.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.9% used a private car.
Road
Jouxtens-Mézery is situated on the main road (route 5) that, prior to the construction of the Swiss motorway network, linked Lausanne with Échallens, Yverdon, Neuchâtel and points north. It is now located near the A1 and A9 motorways that provide links throughout, and beyond, Switzerland. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 76 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 79 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 28 students in Jouxtens-Mézery who came from another municipality, while 186 residents attended schools outside the municipality.