La Rippe is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] La Rippe has an area, as of 2009[update], of 16.6 square kilometers (6.4 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located at the foot of Dôle mountain, on the border with France.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Coupeaux Or, two Keys crossed in saltire Argent under a Mitre of the second.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (776 or 76.8%), with English being second most common (115 or 11.4%) and German being third (73 or 7.2%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in La Rippe is; 139 children or 13.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 166 teenagers or 15.9% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 19.73% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 231 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.2%.

[9] There were 553 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 17.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 11.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 4.4% were in the information industry, 3 or 6.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 11.1% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 317 or 31.4% were Roman Catholic, while 347 or 34.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.