Trélex is a small village in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Trélex is first mentioned in 1145 as Trailai.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 33.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.0% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains, on the Nyon-Saint-Cergue road.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Winnowing-basket Or.
Demographics
Trélex has a population () of . , 24.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 22.7%. It has changed at a rate of 15.4% due to migration and at a rate of 7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (868 or 78.0%), with German being second most common (96 or 8.6%) and English being third (93 or 8.4%). There are 16 people who speak Italian.
, there were 446 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 596 married individuals, 29 widows or widowers and 42 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 397 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
, a total of 386 apartments (86.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 52 apartments (11.7%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (1.4%) were empty.
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Sights
The local church is a distinctive landmark for visitors. Another notable building is the clock tower in the center of the village.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 20.81% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (16.27%), the FDP (15.94%) and the Green Party (14.64%). In the federal election, a total of 345 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.7%.
Economy
A bakery, a village shop, a butcher and a post office provide essential services. The village also boasts a restaurant, the Auberge de Trélex. A big shopping center is located a few minutes away by car in Signy-Avenex, with an assortment of services (pharmacy, dry-cleaning, etc.) anchored around one of the biggest Coop supermarkets in the area.
, Trélex had an unemployment rate of 2.2%. , there were 22 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 37 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 111 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 33 businesses in this sector.
, there were 100 workers who commuted into the municipality and 454 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 14.0% of the workforce coming into Trélex are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 15% used public transportation to get to work, and 69% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 1,249 children of which 563 children (45.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 112 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 95 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 20 students in Trélex who came from another municipality, while 142 residents attended schools outside the municipality.