Romanel-sur-Morges
Encyclopedia
Romanel-sur-Morges is a municipality
in the canton
of Vaud
in Switzerland
, located in the district of Morges
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 14.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.4% is used for growing crops and 3.4% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Romanel-sur-Morges became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located between Morges
and Cossonay
on the right bank of the Venoge river
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent, a Chief Gules, overall on a Bend Sable in chief a Corn-ear bendwise Or.
Most of the population speaks French
(412 or 93.4%), with German
being second most common (13 or 2.9%) and Italian
being third (5 or 1.1%).
Of the population in the municipality 96 or about 21.8% were born in Romanel-sur-Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 222 or 50.3% who were born in the same canton, while 72 or 16.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 46 or 10.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 5 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 a decrease of 9 and the non-Swiss population increased by 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.3%.
The age distribution, , in Romanel-sur-Morges is; 51 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 67 teenagers or 14.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 54 people or 11.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 66 people or 14.0% are between 30 and 39, 78 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 59 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 45 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 34 people or 7.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 189 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 215 married individuals, 19 widows or widowers and 18 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 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 62.3% 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 170 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 41 households that consist of only one person and 15 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 171 households that answered this question, 24.0% 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 44 married couples without children, 70 married couples with children There were 11 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 87 single family homes (or 71.3% of the total) out of a total of 122 inhabited buildings. There were 17 multi-family buildings (13.9%), along with 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.0%) and 7 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.7%). Of the single family homes 7 were built before 1919, while 16 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (33) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (5) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (4) were built before 1919. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 173 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 43. There were 2 single room apartments and 78 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 162 apartments (93.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (5.8%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.59%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the FDP
which received 25% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(17.28%), the SP
(13.95%) and the CVP
(12.43%). In the federal election, a total of 174 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 52.4%.
, a major producer of items such as, keyboards, computer mice and speakers.
, Romanel-sur-Morges had an unemployment rate of 2.4%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 120 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 17 businesses in this sector. 368 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 34 businesses in this sector. There were 238 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.1% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 467. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 10, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 113 of which 101 or (89.4%) were in manufacturing and 12 (10.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 344. In the tertiary sector; 205 or 59.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 99 or 28.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 2.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 18 or 5.2% were in the information industry, 5 or 1.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 1.2% were in education.
, there were 378 workers who commuted into the municipality and 188 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.0 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 3.4% of the workforce coming into Romanel-sur-Morges are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 8.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.3% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.91% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 9 individuals (or about 2.04% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.45% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 4 (or about 0.91% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There was 1 individual who belonged to another church. 53 (or about 12.02% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 14 individuals (or about 3.17% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 82 who completed tertiary schooling, 64.6% were Swiss men, 23.2% were Swiss women, 9.8% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 70 students in the Romanel-sur-Morges 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 33 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 37 students in those schools.
, there were 24 students in Romanel-sur-Morges who came from another municipality, while 62 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
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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
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, located in the district of Morges
Morges (district)
Morges District is a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Morges.-Geography:Morges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.9% is forested...
.
Geography
Romanel-sur-Morges has an area, , of 1.8 square kilometre. Of this area, 1.13 square kilometre or 64.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.28 square kilometre or 16.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28 square kilometre or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 14.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.4% is used for growing crops and 3.4% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Romanel-sur-Morges became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located between Morges
Morges
Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...
and Cossonay
Cossonay
Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Morges.-History:Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name Cochoniacum...
on the right bank of the Venoge river
Venoge (river)
The Venoge is a Swiss river located in the Canton of Vaud, a confluent of the Rhône River, via Lake Geneva. The Swiss poet Jean Villard Gilles has written a poem about it, La Venoge, in 1954.- Geography :...
.
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 Argent, a Chief Gules, overall on a Bend Sable in chief a Corn-ear bendwise Or.
Demographics
Romanel-sur-Morges has a population of . , 9.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 13.5%. It has changed at a rate of 6% due to migration and at a rate of 7.5% 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...
(412 or 93.4%), 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 (13 or 2.9%) 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 (5 or 1.1%).
Of the population in the municipality 96 or about 21.8% were born in Romanel-sur-Morges and lived there in 2000. There were 222 or 50.3% who were born in the same canton, while 72 or 16.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 46 or 10.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 2 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 5 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 a decrease of 9 and the non-Swiss population increased by 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of -1.3%.
The age distribution, , in Romanel-sur-Morges is; 51 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 67 teenagers or 14.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 54 people or 11.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 66 people or 14.0% are between 30 and 39, 78 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 59 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 45 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 34 people or 7.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 16 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89, and there is 1 person who is 90 and older.
, there were 189 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 215 married individuals, 19 widows or widowers and 18 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 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 62.3% 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 170 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 41 households that consist of only one person and 15 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 171 households that answered this question, 24.0% 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 44 married couples without children, 70 married couples with children There were 11 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 87 single family homes (or 71.3% of the total) out of a total of 122 inhabited buildings. There were 17 multi-family buildings (13.9%), along with 11 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.0%) and 7 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.7%). Of the single family homes 7 were built before 1919, while 16 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (33) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (5) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (4) were built before 1919. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000.
there were 173 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 43. There were 2 single room apartments and 78 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 162 apartments (93.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (5.8%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.59%.
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 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....
which received 25% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were 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...
(17.28%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(13.95%) and the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(12.43%). In the federal election, a total of 174 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 52.4%.
Economy
It is the seat of the European headquarters of LogitechLogitech
Logitech International S.A. is a global provider of personal peripherals for computers and other digital platforms headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland. The company develops and markets products like peripheral devices for PCs, including keyboards, mice, microphones, game controllers...
, a major producer of items such as, keyboards, computer mice and speakers.
, Romanel-sur-Morges had an unemployment rate of 2.4%. , there were 12 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 120 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 17 businesses in this sector. 368 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 34 businesses in this sector. There were 238 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.1% 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 467. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 10, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 113 of which 101 or (89.4%) were in manufacturing and 12 (10.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 344. In the tertiary sector; 205 or 59.6% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 99 or 28.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 2.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 18 or 5.2% were in the information industry, 5 or 1.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 1.2% were in education.
, there were 378 workers who commuted into the municipality and 188 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.0 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 3.4% of the workforce coming into Romanel-sur-Morges are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 8.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.3% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 93 or 21.1% were Roman Catholic, while 264 or 59.9% 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 4 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 0.91% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs 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 9 individuals (or about 2.04% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 individuals (or about 0.45% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 4 (or about 0.91% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
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ic. There was 1 individual who belonged to another church. 53 (or about 12.02% 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 14 individuals (or about 3.17% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Romanel-sur-Morges about 180 or (40.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 82 or (18.6%) 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 82 who completed tertiary schooling, 64.6% were Swiss men, 23.2% were Swiss women, 9.8% were non-Swiss men.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 70 students in the Romanel-sur-Morges 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 33 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 37 students in those schools.
, there were 24 students in Romanel-sur-Morges who came from another municipality, while 62 residents attended schools outside the municipality.