Paudex is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

[3] Paudex has an area, as of 2009[update], of 0.48–0.5 square kilometers (0.19–0.19 sq mi) (depending on calculation method).

Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 83.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located along Lake Geneva between Pully and Lutry.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Bar wavy Argent, in chief a Rooster passant of the same.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,174 or 83.7%), with German being second most common (65 or 4.6%) and Italian being third (45 or 3.2%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Paudex is; 117 children or 8.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 167 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 20.16% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 367 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.7%.

[9] There were 720 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.2% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 5, of which 1 was in agriculture and 3 were in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 376 or 58.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 0.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 34 or 5.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.2% were in the information industry, 4 or 0.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 21 or 3.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 1.2% were in education and 14 or 2.2% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 572 or 40.8% were Roman Catholic, while 484 or 34.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.