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| Canton | Vaud | |
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| Residents | 5.679 (2018) | |
| height | 377 m, 402 m | |
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Saint-Prex is a Swiss City in the canton Vaud, located directly on Lake Geneva.
background
In addition to the town of Saint-Prex, the districts of Beaufort and Les Iles also belong to the municipality of Saint-Prex.
The Saint-Prex area has been populated for a very long time. The remains of a Neolithic settlement were discovered near Fraidaigue. The necropolis with around 30 graves is dated to the late Bronze Age. There are also traces of Roman times and the early Middle Ages. The place was first mentioned in a document in 885 under the name Sanctus Prothasius. At this time, a church is also mentioned, in which the bishop (of Lausanne) Prothasius is said to have been buried in the middle of the 7th century. The current name of the city is due to this Holy Prothais (Saint Prothais). The area belonged to the cathedral chapter of during the High Middle Ages Lausanne. A market has been held in Saint-Prex since 1223. In 1234 the city received city rights and was fortified, mainly for strategic reasons. In 1358, Saint-Prex came under the rule of the Counts of Savoy, and when the Berne conquered Vaud in 1536, the town came under the administration of Morges and thus lost their independence. Because of this addiction, it lost its meaning. The city wall was used in the 17th century to build the war port of Morges. Since the founding of Vaud, it has belonged to this canton and is still part of the Morges district.
The Saint-Prex glass factory, founded in 1911 by Henri Cornaz and today the largest glass factory in Switzerland, is not insignificant in economic terms. It mainly produces green glass bottles.
getting there
The two motorway junctions Aubonne and Morges-Ouest on the A1 are around 5 kilometers from the town. The main road number 1 leads directly past the town. The S-3 trains stop every hour at Saint-Prex station (Allaman-Lausanne-Villeneuve)), the Léman S-Bahn, it is also possible to reach Saint-Prex by boat on Lake Geneva
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- For the historically valuable townscape the community received the Wakker Prize in 1973.
- Saint-Protais. The reformed parish church, the previous building of which dates back to the 9th century. In the single-nave building, the choir dates from the 12th and the nave from the 13th century. The wall paintings inside are from the 14th century. It is located outside the former city walls.
- City gate of St. Prex. The city gate is the only one that has been preserved in Vaud.
- Musée du Verrier, right next to Vetropack. Tel.: 41 (0)21 823 13 13. Glass museum.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
trips
Practical advice
- Saint-Prex Tourisme, Place de l'Horloge, Saint-Prex. Tel.: 41 (0)21 806 50 26, Fax: 41 (0)21 806 50 27.
literature
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (French)
