Belmont-sur-Lausanne

Coat of arms

Location of Belmont-sur-Lausanne

Coordinates: 46°31′N 06°41′E / 46.517°N 6.683°ECoordinates: 46°31′N 06°41′E / 46.517°N 6.683°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic
Gustave Muheim

Area

• Total

2.65 km² (1.02 sq mi)

Elevation

610 m (2,000 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

3,604

• Density

1,400/km² (3,500/sq mi)

Postal code

1092

SFOS number

5581

Surrounded by

Lutry, Paudex, Pully, Savigny

Website

www.belmont.ch
Profile (French), SFSO statistics

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.

Belmont-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1228 as Belmunt sowie apud bellum Montem.

Belmont-sur-Lausanne has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.65 square kilometres (1.02 sq mi). Of this area, 0.93 km² (0.36 sq mi) or 35.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.79 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.88 km² (0.34 sq mi) 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).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a triple mount Or, in chief Argent three May-beetles proper.

Belmont-sur-Lausanne has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,604. As of 2008^[update], 23.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 41.4%. It has changed at a rate of 29.1% due to migration and at a rate of 11.6% due to births and deaths.

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