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38-482: In 1973, St-Prex was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. Saint-Prex is first mentioned in 885 as Sanctus Prothasius . The town was founded with the construction of the chateau in 1234AD. The bourg (old town) forms a peninsula extending from the north shore of Lake Geneva . In recent years the commerce of the town has mostly moved to outer areas. St-Prex

76-535: A population growth rate of 3.1%. The age distribution, as of 2009, in Saint-Prex is; 629 children or 12.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 562 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 578 people or 11.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 842 people or 16.7% are between 30 and 39, 864 people or 17.1% are between 40 and 49, and 652 people or 12.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution

114-512: A child or children. There were 29 households that were made up of unrelated people and 36 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. In 2000 there were 373 single family homes (or 52.5% of the total) out of a total of 710 inhabited buildings. There were 216 multi-family buildings (30.4%), along with 72 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.1%) and 49 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.9%). Of

152-496: A heated debate. Until the late 1870s, most cantonal reformed churches stopped prescribing any particular creed. In 1920 the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches ( Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund , Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse , Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera - SEK-FEPS), with 24 member churches - 22 cantonal churches and 2 free churches (Free Church of Geneva and

190-542: A municipality, because of the jubilee of the Swiss Heritage Society. The prize is named for Henri-Louis Wakker , a banker and benefactor of the Swiss Heritage Society. To get this prize, municipalities have to follow the named criteria: Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland ( PCS ), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019,

228-480: A private car. Ferring Pharmaceuticals , a multinational pharmaceutal company, is headquartered in Saint-Prex. Vale , a Brazilian mining company, has a regional office in Saint-Prex. From the 2000 census, 1,638 or 38.9% were Roman Catholic , while 1,521 or 36.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 48 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.14% of

266-542: A railway station, St-Prex , on the Lausanne–Geneva line . It has regular service to Allaman , Lausanne , and Palézieux . Wakker Prize The Wakker Prize (German: Wakkerpreis , French: Prix Wakker , Italian: Premio Wakker ) is awarded annually by the Swiss Heritage Society to a Municipality of Switzerland for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. At

304-424: A total of 1,753 apartments (88.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 190 apartments (9.6%) were seasonally occupied and 40 apartments (2.0%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.34%. The historical population is given in the following chart: The Swiss Reformed Church of Notre-Dame

342-471: Is 510 people or 10.1% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 247 people or 4.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 129 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 27 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older. As of 2000, there were 1,750 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 2,008 married individuals, 175 widows or widowers and 277 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000, there were 1,799 private households in

380-597: Is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical - Methodist Church of Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with its own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of Switzerland,

418-476: Is a port for the CGN lake steamers in summer. Saint-Prex has an area, as of 2009, of 5.5 square kilometers (2.1 sq mi). Of this area, 2.9 km (1.1 sq mi) or 52.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.46 km (0.18 sq mi) or 8.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.12 km (0.82 sq mi) or 38.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.4%

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456-489: Is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 36.2% is used for growing crops and 2.5% is pastures, while 13.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality was part of the Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Saint-Prex became part of the new district of Morges. The municipality is located along Lake Geneva. It consists of

494-404: Is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area

532-688: Is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance . The entire old city of Saint-Prex is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites . In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.04% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (19.35%), the Green Party (14.13%) and the FDP (14.06%). In the federal election, a total of 1,188 votes were cast, and

570-771: The Second Helvetic Confession . The German Reformed ideological center was Zurich, while the French-speaking Reformed movement bastion was Geneva. A feature of the Swiss Reformed churches in the Zwinglian tradition is their historically very close links to the cantons, which is only loosening gradually in the present. . In cities where the Reformed faith became leading theology, several confessions were written, some of them: In

608-436: The voter turnout was 46.5%. As of  2010, Saint-Prex had an unemployment rate of 4.5%. As of 2008, there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 740 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 31 businesses in this sector. 966 people were employed in the tertiary sector , with 126 businesses in this sector. There were 2,321 residents of

646-542: The 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 632 students in the Saint-Prex school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 336 students in

684-499: The Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland), was formed to serve as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represent the church in international relations. The ordination of women is allowed in all member churches. As with most mainline European denominations, the Protestant Church in Switzerland has many member churches that permit prayer services or blessings for same-sex civil unions. As early as 1999,

722-540: The Reformation continued. The French-speaking cities Neuchâtel , Geneva and Lausanne changed to the Reformation ten years later under William Farel and John Calvin coming from France. The Zwingli and Calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of Bullinger and Calvin they came to a common agreement in the Consensus Tigurinus (Zürich Consent), and 1566 in

760-664: The Reformed Church in Aargau has also allowed for prayer services to celebrate same-sex couples. To date, seven other Swiss Reformed churches, including Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, Ticino, Thurgau, Vaud, and Zürich, have allowed the blessing of same-sex unions for same-sex civil unions. In August 2019 with the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich the first church of

798-512: The Reformed churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had allowed church celebration services for same-sex couples. The Reformed Church in Aargau has also permitted prayer services of thanksgiving to celebrate a same-sex civil union. The Reformed Church of Vaud, in 2013, also permitted prayer services as a way for same-sex couples to celebrate their civil union. Other member churches that allow either prayer services or blessings for same-sex union are

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836-590: The Swiss Reformed Church allowed the blessing of same-sex marriages and the Swiss Reformed Church allowed blessing of same-sex marriages for their member churches. Organizationally, the Reformed Churches in Switzerland remain separate, cantonal units. The German churches are more in the Zwinglian tradition; the French more in the Calvinist tradition. They are governed synodically and their relation to

874-505: The beginning, the prize honoured municipalities which did special needs for preservation of the old towns. Recently, the prize also honours municipalities that develop their townscapes on a specific leading point. This might be an estimated use of an old industrial facility or a successful combination between old and new basic structure of a building. In 2005, the prize was given to the Swiss Federal Railways , rather than

912-527: The churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Schaffhausen, Tessin, Thurgau, and Zürich. Like many European Protestant denominations, several of the Swiss Reformed churches have openly welcomed gay and lesbian members to celebrate their civil unions within a church context. As early as 1999, the Reformed Churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had permitted prayer and celebration services for same-sex couples to recognize their civil unions. Since then,

950-436: The foreign population increased by 18. There were 2 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 59 non-Swiss men and 66 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 45 and the non-Swiss population increased by 106 people. This represents

988-622: The member churches are restricted to a certain territory. The president of the PCS is Rita Famos . The Reformation spread primarily into the cities of Switzerland, which was then composed of loosely connected cantons . Breakthroughs began in the 1520s in Zurich under Zwingli , in Bern in 1528 under Berchtold Haller , and in Basel in 1529 under Johannes Oecolampadius. After the death of Zwingli in 1531,

1026-570: The mid-19th century, opposition to liberal theology and interventions by the state led to secessions in several cantonal churches. One of these secessionist churches still exists today, the Evangelical Free Church of Geneva , founded in 1849, while two others reunited with the Swiss Reformed Church in 1943 and 1966. An important issue to liberal theologians was the Apostles' Creed . They questioned its binding character. This caused

1064-419: The municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 289 students in those schools. There were also 7 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. As of 2000, there were 120 students in Saint-Prex who came from another municipality, while 227 residents attended schools outside the municipality. The municipality has

1102-414: The municipality and 1,697 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.3% of the workforce coming into Saint-Prex are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 13.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 66% used

1140-444: The municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.6% of the workforce. In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,481. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 35 were in agriculture and 1 was in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 718 of which 669 or (93.2%) were in manufacturing and 48 (6.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in

1178-482: The municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 613 households that consist of only one person and 84 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,835 households that answered this question, 33.4% were households made up of just one person and there were 7 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 529 married couples without children, 527 married couples with children There were 94 single parents with

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1216-462: The population has changed at a rate of 25%. It has changed at a rate of 16.3% due to migration and at a rate of 9.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (3,472 or 82.5%), with German being second most common (212 or 5.0%) and Italian being third (137 or 3.3%). Of the population in the municipality 848 or about 20.1% were born in Saint-Prex and lived there in 2000. There were 1,266 or 30.1% who were born in

1254-529: The population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 180 individuals (or about 4.28% of the population) did not answer the question. In Saint-Prex about 1,436 or (34.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 775 or (18.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Of the 775 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.8% were Swiss men, 22.8% were Swiss women, 13.5% were non-Swiss men and 12.8% were non-Swiss women. In

1292-538: The population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church , and there were 220 individuals (or about 5.23% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 9 individuals (or about 0.21% of the population) who were Jewish , and 124 (or about 2.95% of the population) who were Islamic . There were 8 individuals who were Buddhist and 12 individuals who belonged to another church. 538 (or about 12.78% of

1330-406: The same canton, while 773 or 18.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,213 or 28.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In 2008 there were 43 live births to Swiss citizens and 21 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 22 deaths of Swiss citizens and 3 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 21 while

1368-504: The single family homes 66 were built before 1919, while 46 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (63) were built before 1919 and the next most (28) were built between 1961 and 1970. There were 12 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000. In 2000 there were 1,983 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 604. There were 129 single room apartments and 411 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments,

1406-502: The tertiary sector was 727. In the tertiary sector; 167 or 23.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 24 or 3.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 25 or 3.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 9 or 1.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 21 or 2.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 137 or 18.8% were in education and 228 or 31.4% were in health care. In 2000, there were 533 workers who commuted into

1444-426: The village of Saint-Prex and the hamlets of Les Iles, Beaufort, Senaugin and Fraidaigue. The currently abandoned villages of Dracy and Marcy are also in the municipal area. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Fleur-de-lys Argent. Saint-Prex has a population (as of December 2020) of 5,855. As of 2008, 32.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 )

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