Pully (French: [pyji]) is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.

It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.

The local rectangular graves consisted of boxes assembled from four vertical slabs of about 1 meter (3.3 ft) in length, with a fifth plate that served as a lid.

The dead were lying on their left side with their legs drawn up to the chest and the head pointed to the east.

The cemetery of Chamblandes extends over a length of about a hundred meters (yards) and included 76 graves and over 100 skeletons.

This Middle Neolithic (4300-3900 BC) graveyard included as grave goods; ocher, various commodities (polished stone ax) and jewelry (wild boar tusks, pendants made of shells, coral and lignite).

[4] In the 1970s, while working on foundation of a terrace of the Le Prieuré building, the corner of a large Roman era villa was discovered.

The accompanying small thermal baths, a monumental pool and several walls were already known from earlier excavations.

The lower hall is decorated with, in situ preserved, wall paintings which represent a chariot race.

Finds from the 4th and 5th centuries show that the site was also, at least partially populated, during the late antiquity period.

[4] In the 10th century the royal family of Burgundy granted their vineyards at Pully to Payerne Priory.

The Bishop first granted the bailiwick to the Lords of Faucigny, then in 1276 to the de Thoire-Villars family.

The Counts of Geneva, the Geneva-Lullin family, were the Seneschals until 1536 and were practically the rulers of Pully.

A number of other religious and secular leaders owned land or rights in the village.

[5] The municipality began to become a partly independent town in the 13th century and received its charter (plaict général) in 1368.

The church in Chamblandes dates from 1938, the one in La Rosiaz from 1953 and the Catholic Parish of St. Mauritius was created in 1954.

[5] Pully has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.85–5.91 square kilometers (2.26–2.28 sq mi) (depending on calculation method).

[7] The municipality stretches from Lake Geneva to the Jorat and includes the peak of Monts-de-Pully at an elevation of 806 m (2,644 ft).

The wettest month is May during which time Pully receives an average of 113 mm (4.4 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is February with an average of 64 mm (2.5 in) of precipitation over 8.5 days.

[9] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall a Grape-bunch counterchanged leaved Vert.

[14] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Pully is; 1,568 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,814 teenagers or 10.6% are between 10 and 19.

The entire urban village of Pully is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 21, of which 18 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 560 or 15.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 46 or 1.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 160 or 4.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 154 or 4.3% were in the information industry, 325 or 9.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 936 or 26.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 438 or 12.4% were in education and 432 or 12.2% were in health care.

[15] Significant entities headquartered in Pully include: ECOM Agroindustrial; Naftiran Intertrade (commodities); Sandoz Family Foundation (philanthropy); Tetra Laval (packaging).

From the 2000 census[update], 5,953 or 37.1% were Roman Catholic, while 5,730 or 35.7% 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.

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

Pully is home to some museums: It also has a theatre (Théâtre de l'Octogone) and a cinema (Cinéma city club).