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Rolle is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Geography
Rolle is at 492 m above sea level. M., 11 km north-east of the district main town Nyon ( straight line ). The wine village extends slightly increased at the lower southern slopes of the Vaud Côte midst of the vineyards on the village stream Flon, in a scenic location around 120 m above the lake level of Lake Geneva.
The area of only just 1.1 km ² large municipality area includes a section in the central part of the Vaud Cote. The communal land extends in a narrow strip from the bottom of a slope northward over the Rebhang and the adjoining wooded steep slope up to the level at La Gillière. Here is 810 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Rolle. The eastern border is the river Flon. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 40 % of forest and woody plants and 53% to agriculture.
For Rolle include some wineries. The neighboring villages of Rolle in the West Gilly, in the north and east Essertines -sur-Rolle, in the southeast of Mont- sur-Rolle and in the south part.
Population
With 225 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rolle is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the residents 86.1 % are French, 4.1 % English speaking and 3.6 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Rolle amounted in 1900 to 174 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 130 to 1980 inhabitants, a significantly increasing trend was observed again since then.
Economy
Rolle was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Still plays agriculture as a branch of the population an important role. On the whole slope of the Côte below an altitude of 550 m to 600 m above sea level. M. is operated viticulture. More jobs are in the services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers working abroad and commute in some cases up to the cities of Lausanne and Geneva.
Traffic
The community is easily accessible via. It is located just above the main road that leads from Nyon along the slopes of the Côte after Aubonne. The highway access role on the A1 opened in 1964 ( Geneva -Lausanne ) is about 2 km away from the resort. By Postbus course, which runs from role to Gland, Rolle is connected to the public transport network.
History
In the 11th century the place was first mentioned under the name Tritiniaco. Later, the names Tertygnens ( 1265 ) and Tertinnie published. Rolle belonged since the Middle Ages to the rule Mont- le -Vieux. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime Rolle 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 role.
Attractions
Rolle has a compact town center with several typical winegrowers' houses from the 17th to the 19th century. The village has no church of its own, it belongs to the parish of Gilly.