Trélex is a
small village in the district of
Nyon
Nyon (; historically German language, German: or and Italian language, Italian: , ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Nyon District in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometer ...
in the
canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...
in
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
.
History
Trélex is first mentioned in 1145 as ''Trailai''.
[
]
Geography
Trélex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
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 was part of the ]Nyon District
Nyon District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Nyon.
Geography
Nyon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.7% is forested. Of the res ...
until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Trélex became part of the new district of Nyon.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains
The Jura Mountains ( ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", ) is located in France and Switzerla ...
, on the Nyon
Nyon (; historically German language, German: or and Italian language, Italian: , ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Nyon District in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometer ...
- Saint-Cergue road.
Coat of arms
The blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual d ...
of the municipal coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
is ''Gules, a Winnowing-basket Or.''
Demographics
Trélex has a population () of . , 24.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 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.
accessed 25-July-2011Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
.[
The age distribution, , in Trélex is; 203 children or 15.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 228 teenagers or 17.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 74 people or 5.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 160 people or 11.9% are between 30 and 39, 295 people or 21.9% are between 40 and 49, and 154 people or 11.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 139 people or 10.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 67 people or 5.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 23 people or 1.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.][Canton of Vaud Statistical Office]
accessed 29 April 2011
, 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.[STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 397 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.[ There were 77 households that consist of only one person and 37 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 408 households that answered this question, 18.9% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 127 married couples without children, 174 married couples with children There were 15 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 11 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.][
there were 267 single family homes (or 75.9% of the total) out of a total of 352 inhabited buildings. There were 43 multi-family buildings (12.2%), along with 33 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.4%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.6%).][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011
, 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.[ , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.3 new units per 1000 residents.][ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
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
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voti ...
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
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...
, with 33 businesses in this sector.[ There were 552 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.5% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often use ...
jobs was 145. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 36 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 35 (97.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 91. In the tertiary sector; 17 or 18.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 22 or 24.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 4.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 9.9% were in the information industry, 11 or 12.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 12 or 13.2% were in education.
, 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.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 15% used public transportation to get to work, and 69% used a private car.[
]
Religion
From the , 277 or 24.9% were Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
, while 468 or 42.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.54% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 51 individuals (or about 4.58% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 individuals (or about 0.45% of the population) who were Jewish
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
, and 2 (or about 0.18% of the population) who were Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
, 5 individuals who were Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 242 (or about 21.74% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
, and 74 individuals (or about 6.65% of the population) did not answer the question.[
]
Education
In Trélex about 364 or (32.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 295 or (26.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university
A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...
or a ''Fachhochschule
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
''). Of the 295 who completed tertiary schooling, 46.8% were Swiss men, 25.1% were Swiss women, 18.0% were non-Swiss men and 10.2% were non-Swiss women.[
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 208 students in the Trélex school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010]
accessed 2 May 2011 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
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...
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.[Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition]
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 20 students in Trélex who came from another municipality, while 142 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
]
Transportation
Trélex is 5 minutes from the motorway exit for Nyon and St-Cergue. It is also accessible by train thanks to the NStCM, connecting Nyon at one end and La Cure at the other end of a windy track running up the Jura. Trains are timed to connect efficiently to Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
and Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
.
Notable residents
* Gaël Monfils
Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in November 2016. Mon ...
, tennis player
* Michel Mayor, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize of physics
References
External links
*http://www.trelex.ch—official village site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trelex
Municipalities of the canton of Vaud