Jouxtens-Mézery

Jouxtens-Mézery is a municipality in the district of Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. Jouxtens is first mentioned in 1185 as Jotens. Mézery is first mentioned in 929 as Masiriaco. Jouxtens-Mézery has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 40.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 47.7% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 35.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.8%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 7.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.7% is used for growing crops and 3.6% is pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Jouxtens-Mézery became part of the new district of Lausanne. The town is located in the suburbs of Lausanne. Jouxtens-Mézery consists of the two villages Jouxtens (525 m above sea level) and Mézery (555 m above sea level) on the slope above Renens. Neighboring municipalities of Jouxtens-Mézery are Romanel-sur-Lausanne, Prilly, Renens, Crissier and an exclave of Lausanne. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, on a bend counterchanged three Fleurs-de-lys Or. Jouxtens-Mézery has a population () of . , 17.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 14.7%. It has changed at a rate of 11.2% due to migration and at a rate of 3.9% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (999 or 87.2%), with German being second most common (65 or 5.7%) and Portuguese being third (18 or 1.6%). There are 14 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality 157 or about 13.