Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne

Sister cities

• Aubignan

History

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1228 as Chesaus. Roman remains, in the form of columns and mosaics and dating from the 3rd century AD, have been discovered, as have 5th century Burgundian tombs. The has been a church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, since at least 1174, although the current building dates from 1741. The first municipal council was elected in 1963. The municipality was part of the old Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lausanne.

Geography

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne lies some north-north-west of the centre of the city of Lausanne and north of the shoreline of Lake Geneva. With an elevation of , it is higher than the lake. Formerly an agricultural community in the Gros-de-Vaud, it is now part of the urban agglomeration of Lausanne. The municipality has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 13.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 47.9% is used for growing crops and 9.6% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.