Romanel-sur-Morges

Romanel -sur -Morges is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Geography

Romanel -sur -Morges is located at 452 m above sea level. M., 5 km north of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The village is located on a plateau above the creek arena, west of Venogetals, in the southwestern Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​1.8 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau in the Vaud Mittelland. The municipality extends from the western edge of the valley floor of the Venoge to the west across the plateau of the hill with Romanel Les Grez ( 485 m above sea level. M. ) to the slope of the hill Trente - Chiens, in the 500 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. The southeastern part of municipality occupies the wooded valley of the brook arena, south of the village flows his left side Bach Néziau. From the municipality surface 1997 11 % came from settlements, 15 % of forest and woody plants and 74% to agriculture.

To Romanel -sur -Morges include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Romanel -sur -Morges are Aclens, Bremblens and Echichens.

Population

With 469 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Romanel -sur -Morges is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.4 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.0 % and 1.1 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Romanel -sur -Morges amounted in 1900 to 166 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 128 to 1960 inhabitants, a rapid increase was recorded with a quadrupling of the population within 40 years.

Economy

Romanel -sur -Morges was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Today, agriculture has only a marginal role in the occupational structure of the population. On the slope of the hill Les Grez there are several small wine-growing regions.

The establishment of a commercial and industrial zone in the Venogetal the economic structure was changed markedly in the village. Major companies are in the areas of Electrical, precision engineering, computer science (Logitech SA, Logitech Europe SA) and specialized panel construction. Furthermore Romanel -sur -Morges has a cheese factory. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are also commuters who work mainly in Lausanne and Morges.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road from Morges to Cossonay. By Postbus course, which runs from Morges to Cossonay, Romanel -sur -Morges is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 967 under the name Roman villa Ella. The name refers to a place which was inhabited by Romans, or the homestead of a person named Roman ( i ) us. Since the Middle Ages was under Romanel -sur -Morges, the Lords of Cossonay. Part of the village rule came in 1410 was sold to the rule Colombier. Since 1675 was the total domination of Morges.

With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536 Romanel -sur -Morges came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village 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 Morges.

Attractions

In the old town a few farm houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved near the church.

Personalities

  • Christiane Lange Berger, politician
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