Lutry

Lutry village

Coat of arms

Lutry

Location of Lutry

Coordinates: 46°30′N 6°41′E / 46.500°N 6.683°ECoordinates: 46°30′N 6°41′E / 46.500°N 6.683°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic
Jacques-André Conne

Area

• Total

8.45 km² (3.26 sq mi)

Elevation

373 m (1,224 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

9,747

• Density

1,200/km² (3,000/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Les Lutryens/Nickname: "Les Singes" (English: Monkeys)

Postal code

1095

SFOS number

5606

Localities

Savuit, Corsy

Surrounded by

Savigny, Villette, Paudex, Belmont-sur-Lausanne

Twin towns

Sigriswil (Switzerland)

Website

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

Lutry is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the Lavaux-Oron.

Lutry is first mentioned in 908 as in Lustraco villam. In 1124 it was mentioned as monasterium Sancti Martini cum villa quae dicitur Lustriacus and in 1147 it was Lustriey.

In 1835 and again in 1894, neolithic graves were discovered in Châtelard. The graves contained a total of some thirty stone box graves of the so-called Chamblandes type. They contained three ax blades of worked flint, as well as parts of a shell necklace. In 1895, several graves of the same type were discovered in Montagny. They contained important new items such as antler shafts made for axes, a polished stone ax and stone spindle whorls. While these type of items were often found in the remains of littoral neolithic settlements, they are rarely found in graves, which made the discovery at Montagny especially significant. However, in 1927, archaeologists incorrectly assumed that these findings were assigned to the tombs in error. Without further evidence, they wrote that there was an undiscovered littoral settlement below Montagny.

In August 1984, during the construction of the underground car park in La Possession, an arraignment of 24 standing stones (menhir) were discovered. 18 of the stones were re-erected next to it in the original formation. The thirteen large standing stones (2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) high) were arranged in a line, while the eleven subsequent smaller stones (from 0.3 to 0.8 m (12 to 31 in) high) described a curve to the south. The standing stones are traditionally assigned to the beginning of the middle neolithic period. However local pottery indicates a later date, to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Menhir No. 14 is a figurative stele, in which geometric ornamentation (x-shaped lines, balanced circles, zigzag line) were carved. Similar symbols can also be found on standing stones in southern France, but their meaning is unknown.

At various places in the municipality, including Curtinaux, Le Châtelard, Savuit and Gantennaz, there are traces of Roman era settlements. These include bricks, walls, parts of buildings and ornaments and the remains of an aqueduct.

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