Romanel-sur-Lausanne (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmanɛl syʁ lɔzan] ⓘ, literally Romanel on Lausanne; Arpitan: Romanél) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lausanne.

[3] Romanel-sur-Lausanne has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.88–2.92 square kilometers (1.11–1.13 sq mi) (depending on calculation method).

Of the rest of the land, 1.09 km2 (0.42 sq mi) or 37.8% is settled (buildings or roads).

Until the 1960s, it consisted of a linear village on the Lausanne-Echallens road, which then grew to become part of the greater Lausanne area.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (2,737 or 89.2%), with German being second most common (128 or 4.2%) and Italian being third (66 or 2.2%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Romanel-sur-Lausanne is; 346 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 392 teenagers or 12.0% 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 SVP which received 22.9% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 904 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.0%.

[9] There were 1,715 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.6% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 924.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 12, of which 5 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 322 or 53.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 0.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 58 or 9.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 45 or 7.5% were in the information industry, 23 or 3.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 27 or 4.5% were in education and 15 or 2.5% were in health care.

A second, Vernand-Camarès, is nearby but administratively part of the Vernand [fr] exclave of Lausanne.

From the 2000 census[update], 1,010 or 32.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,370 or 44.7% 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.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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