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.
History
Jouxtens is first mentioned in 1185 as Jotens. Mézery is first mentioned in 929 as Masiriaco.
Geography
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.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, on a bend counterchanged three Fleurs-de-lys Or.
Demographics
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 13.7% were born in Jouxtens-Mézery and lived there in 2000. There were 490 or 42.8% who were born in the same canton, while 214 or 18.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 257 or 22.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 5 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 2 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 37 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 8 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.2%.
The age distribution, , in Jouxtens-Mézery is; 133 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 200 teenagers or 14.9% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 141 people or 10.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 126 people or 9.4% are between 30 and 39, 222 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 213 people or 15.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 188 people or 14.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 81 people or 6.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 30 people or 2.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 6 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 483 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 592 married individuals, 33 widows or widowers and 37 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 391 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household. There were 72 households that consist of only one person and 49 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 399 households that answered this question, 18.0% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 97 married couples without children, 203 married couples with children There were 14 single parents with a child or children. There were 3 households that were made up of unrelated people and 8 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.