Puidoux

History

Puidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as Puidos. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality.

Geography

Puidoux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 62.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 21.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.0% is used for growing crops and 26.1% is pastures, while 4.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality is located along Lake Geneva and stretches to the Jorat region and the Broye river. The lower section of the municipality consists of the village of Puidoux along the lake, the hamlets of Publoz and Cremières and the vineyards of Treytorrens and Dézaley. The upper section of the municipality includes scattered settlements along the ridges of Mont-Pèlerin, to the Lac de Bret and Mont-Chesau.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  6,361
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  4,493
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,261
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  2,669
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  2,503
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  2,115
• Red Admiral

  Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,077
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  2,072

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland