La Rippe
La Combe du Clavaleyres
La Rippe is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
La Rippe is on 528 m above sea level. M., 7 km west of the district town of Nyon (air line). The village is located at the foot of the Jura, at the foot of La Dole, on a slope above the river Talniederung the Boiron de Nyon.
The area of 16.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Vaud Jura and the Jura south slope. The communal land extends from the foot of the Jura to the north- west the densely wooded escarpment ( Bois Badis ) of the Jurassic up to the anticline of La Dole. The summit of La Dole forms with 1'677 m above sea level. M. the highest point of La Rippe. The westernmost part of the municipality is located in the headwaters of the Valserine. On the crest of La Dole Jura are extensive high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 59 % of forest and shrubs, 36% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
At La Rippe, the hamlet include Tranchepied ( 528 m above sea level. M. ) at the foot of the Jura as well as some individual farms. The neighboring communities of La Rippe are in the north Gingins, in the east and southeast Chéserex Crassier in the canton of Vaud and in the south of Divonne -les -Bains, in the west Prémanon in neighboring France.
Population
With 1024 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) La Rippe is among the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. Of the 76.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 11.4 % in English and 7.2 % German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of La Rippe amounted in 1900 to 316 inhabitants. After 1970 (307 inhabitants ) continued a rapid increase in population with a tripling of the population within 30 years.
Economy
La Rippe was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture is focused on agriculture in the lower parts of the municipality, as well as the livestock and dairy industry of the Jura heights. More jobs are available in wood processing, the local manufacturing and service sectors. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many working population commuters who work mainly in Nyon and Geneva.
Traffic
The community is located off of larger thoroughfares, but of Nyon is easily accessible. La fin is connected by the postal car course, which runs from Nyon to Coppet to the network of public transport.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1384 under the name de Rippis, later the names Rispas and Rispis published. The current municipal area of La Rippe belonged in the Middle Ages the Abbey of Saint -Claude in France and in 1307 ceded to the Cistercian monastery Bonmont. Since 1319 it was under the protection of the House of Savoy.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 La Rippe came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Nyon and 1711 the Bailiwick Bonmont. After the collapse of the ancien régime La Rippe belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the district of Nyon. 1826 came the hamlet Tranchepied, who belonged to Chéserex before to La Rippe. The village does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Crassier.