Romanel-sur-Lausanne
Encyclopedia
Romanel-sur-Lausanne is a municipality
in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
, located in the district of Lausanne
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.6% is used for growing crops and 1.4% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the olf Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Romanel-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lausanne.
The municipality is part of the agglomeration
of Lausanne
. Until the 1960s, it consisted of a linear village
on the Lausanne-Echallens
road, which then grew to become part of the greater Lausanne area.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, a Fountain Gules and Argent fimbriated Argent, Chief of the same.
Most of the population speaks French
(2,737 or 89.2%), with German
being second most common (128 or 4.2%) and Italian
being third (66 or 2.2%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 605 or about 19.7% were born in Romanel-sur-Lausanne and lived there in 2000. There were 1,276 or 41.6% who were born in the same canton, while 572 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 549 or 17.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 32 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 14 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 18 while the foreign population increased by 3. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 19 non-Swiss men and 14 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 a decrease of 25 and the non-Swiss population increased by 21 people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Romanel-sur-Lausanne is; 346 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 392 teenagers or 12.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 476 people or 14.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 506 people or 15.5% are between 30 and 39, 512 people or 15.7% are between 40 and 49, and 409 people or 12.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 371 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 148 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 84 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 14 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 1,295 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,503 married individuals, 92 widows or widowers and 178 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.66 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 21.7% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,258 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 367 households that consist of only one person and 63 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,272 households that answered this question, 28.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 6 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 331 married couples without children, 459 married couples with children There were 77 single parents with a child or children. There were 18 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 142 single family homes (or 47.3% of the total) out of a total of 300 inhabited buildings. There were 96 multi-family buildings (32.0%), along with 37 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.3%) and 25 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.3%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 13 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (63) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (32) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (22) were built between 1961 and 1970. There were 4 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 1,316 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 444. There were 54 single room apartments and 268 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,254 apartments (95.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 45 apartments (3.4%) were seasonally occupied and 17 apartments (1.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 22.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(22.79%), the Green Party
(16.6%) and the FDP
(15.34%). In the federal election, a total of 904 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 45.0%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 924. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, of which 5 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 308 of which 214 or (69.5%) were in manufacturing and 88 (28.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 604. In the tertiary sector; 322 or 53.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 0.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 58 or 9.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 45 or 7.5% were in the information industry, 23 or 3.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 27 or 4.5% were in education and 15 or 2.5% were in health care.
, there were 1,020 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,413 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.1% of the workforce coming into Romanel-sur-Lausanne are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 19.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.2% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 35 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.14% of the population), there were 7 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 237 individuals (or about 7.72% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 26 (or about 0.85% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 8 individuals who were Buddhist
, 12 individuals who were Hindu
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 370 (or about 12.06% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 97 individuals (or about 3.16% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 390 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.7% were Swiss men, 25.9% were Swiss women, 11.8% were non-Swiss men and 3.6% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 417 students in the Romanel-sur-Lausanne 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 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 241 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 170 students in those schools. There were also 6 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 47 students in Romanel-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 345 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, located in the district of Lausanne
Lausanne (district)
Lausanne District is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Lausanne.-Geography:Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.9% is forested...
.
Geography
Romanel-sur-Lausanne has an area, , of 2.88 square kilometre (depending on calculation method). Of this area, 1.72 square kilometre or 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.11 square kilometre or 3.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.09 square kilometre or 37.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.6% is used for growing crops and 1.4% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the olf Lausanne District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Romanel-sur-Lausanne became part of the new district of Lausanne.
The municipality is part of the agglomeration
Agglomeration
In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous...
of Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
. Until the 1960s, it consisted of a linear village
Linear village
In geography, a linear village, or linear settlement, is a small to medium-sized settlement that is formed around a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Wraysbury, a village in Berkshire, is one of the longest villages in England....
on the Lausanne-Echallens
Echallens
Echallens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:The territory of the municipality was already settled very early. There are remains of a Bronze Age foundry....
road, which then grew to become part of the greater Lausanne area.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Gules, a Fountain Gules and Argent fimbriated Argent, Chief of the same.
Demographics
Romanel-sur-Lausanne has a population of . , 19.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 5.9%. It has changed at a rate of -1.3% due to migration and at a rate of 7.8% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(2,737 or 89.2%), with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
being second most common (128 or 4.2%) and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being third (66 or 2.2%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.
Of the population in the municipality 605 or about 19.7% were born in Romanel-sur-Lausanne and lived there in 2000. There were 1,276 or 41.6% who were born in the same canton, while 572 or 18.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 549 or 17.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 32 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 14 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 18 while the foreign population increased by 3. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland and 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 19 non-Swiss men and 14 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 a decrease of 25 and the non-Swiss population increased by 21 people. This represents a population growth rate of -0.1%.
The age distribution, , in Romanel-sur-Lausanne is; 346 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 392 teenagers or 12.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 476 people or 14.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 506 people or 15.5% are between 30 and 39, 512 people or 15.7% are between 40 and 49, and 409 people or 12.6% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 371 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 148 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 84 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 14 people or 0.4% who are 90 and older.
, there were 1,295 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 1,503 married individuals, 92 widows or widowers and 178 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.66 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 21.7% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,258 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 367 households that consist of only one person and 63 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 1,272 households that answered this question, 28.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 6 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 331 married couples without children, 459 married couples with children There were 77 single parents with a child or children. There were 18 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 142 single family homes (or 47.3% of the total) out of a total of 300 inhabited buildings. There were 96 multi-family buildings (32.0%), along with 37 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.3%) and 25 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.3%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 13 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (63) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (32) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (22) were built between 1961 and 1970. There were 4 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 1,316 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 444. There were 54 single room apartments and 268 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 1,254 apartments (95.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 45 apartments (3.4%) were seasonally occupied and 17 apartments (1.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 22.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(22.79%), the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(16.6%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(15.34%). In the federal election, a total of 904 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 45.0%.
Economy
, Romanel-sur-Lausanne had an unemployment rate of 4.3%. , there were 13 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 325 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 33 businesses in this sector. 714 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 94 businesses in this sector. There were 1,715 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.6% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 924. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, of which 5 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 308 of which 214 or (69.5%) were in manufacturing and 88 (28.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 604. In the tertiary sector; 322 or 53.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 0.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 58 or 9.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 45 or 7.5% were in the information industry, 23 or 3.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 27 or 4.5% were in education and 15 or 2.5% were in health care.
, there were 1,020 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,413 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.1% of the workforce coming into Romanel-sur-Lausanne are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 19.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 65.2% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 1,010 or 32.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,370 or 44.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 35 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 1.14% of the population), there were 7 individuals (or about 0.23% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 237 individuals (or about 7.72% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 4 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 26 (or about 0.85% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 8 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 12 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 370 (or about 12.06% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 97 individuals (or about 3.16% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Romanel-sur-Lausanne about 1,289 or (42.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 390 or (12.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 390 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.7% were Swiss men, 25.9% were Swiss women, 11.8% were non-Swiss men and 3.6% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 417 students in the Romanel-sur-Lausanne 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 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 241 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 170 students in those schools. There were also 6 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 47 students in Romanel-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 345 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
External links
- official website (in French)