Romanel-sur-Morges

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

[3] Romanel-sur-Morges has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.8 square kilometers (0.69 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The municipality is located between Morges and Cossonay on the right bank of the Venoge river.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (412 or 93.4%), with German being second most common (13 or 2.9%) and Italian being third (5 or 1.1%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Romanel-sur-Morges is; 51 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 67 teenagers or 14.2% 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 25% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 174 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.4%.

[14] It is the seat of the European headquarters of Logitech,[3] a major producer of items such as, keyboards, computer mice and speakers.

[9] There were 238 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.1% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 467.

In the tertiary sector; 205 or 59.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 99 or 28.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 2.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 18 or 5.2% were in the information industry, 5 or 1.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 1.2% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 93 or 21.1% were Roman Catholic, while 264 or 59.9% 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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