Rennaz

Rennaz
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Vaud (VD)
District :	Aigle
BFS no. :	5412
Postal code :	1847
Coordinates :	560009  /  136 215 coordinates: 46 ° 22 '34 "  N , 6 ° 55' 8"  O ; CH1903:  560009  /  136 215
Height :	377  m above sea level M.
Height range :	370–385 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.19  km²
Residents:	825 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	377 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.rennaz.ch
Location of the municipality

Rennaz is a municipality in the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland .

geography

Rennaz is 377  m above sea level. M. , 8 km north-northwest of the district capital Aigle (air line). The village extends in the wide valley east of the Rhone , near the shores of Lake Geneva , at the western foot of the Mont d'Arvel of the Vaudois Alps.

The 2.2 km² municipal area covers a section of the Rhône valley. The municipal soil extends exclusively in the flat part of the Rhône plain and extends in the east to the railway line, in the northeast to the canalized course of the Eau Froide stream . The highest point of Rennaz is 380  m above sea level. M. reached in the plane. In 1997, 26% of the municipal area was in settlements, 1% in forests and woodland, 71% in agriculture and a little less than 2% was unproductive land.

Rennaz has a number of individual farms in the Rhône plain. The neighboring communities of Rennaz are Villeneuve , Noville and Roche .

population

With 825 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Rennaz is one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Vaud. 87.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.7% German-speaking and 3.5% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Rennaz was 167 in 1900. During the 20th century, the population remained fairly constant. Only since 1980 (222 inhabitants) has there been rapid population growth combined with almost tripling the number of inhabitants within 20 years.

economy

Rennaz was a predominantly agricultural village until the second half of the 20th century . Even today, arable farming and fruit growing have a certain place in the income structure of the population in the Rhône plain. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. A commercial zone has emerged in recent years to the north of the town near the motorway. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work mainly in the Vevey-Montreux region.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It was on the main road 9 , which leads from Lausanne via Montreux into Valais . With the construction of the A9 motorway (Lausanne-Sion), which opened in 1970, a local bypass was created on the one hand, and the former Rennaz airport on the other. The next connection to the A9 is only 1 km from the town center. Rennaz is connected to the public transport network through a postbus course that runs from Villeneuve to Vouvry .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1255 under the name Raina . Later the names Reyna (1272), Renna (1276), Reynaz (1420) and Reyne (1542) appeared. The place name is probably derived from the old French word raine (frog).

Rennaz has been under the Count of Savoy since the Middle Ages . With the conquest of Aigle by Bern in 1476, the village came under the administration of the Aigle governorate . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime , Rennaz belonged to the canton of Léman from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic , which then became part of the canton of Vaud when the mediation constitution came into force . In 1798 it was assigned to the Aigle district. It was not until 1834 that Rennaz became an independent political municipality after it was separated from Noville .

coat of arms

Description : Divided in black and gold with an upright red tongued fox .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rennaz

At the southern exit of the village is the Grand-Clos Castle, which dates back to the Middle Ages and was the seat of a governor during the Bernese rule. From 1760 to 1763 the Grand-Clos was completely rebuilt as a pleasure palace. The servants' house and farm buildings are attached to the rectangular main building in such a way that a beautiful courtyard was created.

Web links

Commons : Rennaz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Rennaz (French)
• Aerial views of the village
• Liliane Desponds: Rennaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .