Mont-sur-Rolle

Mont-sur-Rolle (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ syʁ ʁɔl] ⓘ, literally Mont on Rolle) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

It is located 2–3 kilometres (1–2 miles) from the shores of Lac Léman (Lake Geneva), above the lake-side town of Rolle.

The area is famed for its wine-making fields which has a distinctive fizzy-fruit flavour.

[3] Mont-sur-Rolle has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.9 square kilometers (1.5 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi) or 26.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 square kilometres (2.47 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 square kilometres (2.47 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

[5] The municipality consists of the village of Mont-sur-Rolle and the hamlets of L'Abbaye, Crochet, Germagny, Haute-Cour and Mont-Dessus.

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Mont-sur-Rolle is; 322 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 295 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Mont-sur-Rolle is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] Mont-sur-Rolle is twinned with: In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.9% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 569 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.9%.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 2.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 6.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 6.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.4% were in the information industry, 6 or 7.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 12.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 15 or 18.1% were in education and 33 or 39.8% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 525 or 29.2% were Roman Catholic, while 781 or 43.5% 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.

Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930)