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La Rippe
Summary
La Rippe is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
La Rippe is first mentioned in 1384 as Rippis.
La Rippe has an area, , of . Of this area, or 35.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 60.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.5% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 56.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.3% is used for growing crops and 2.4% is pastures and 18.8% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and La Rippe became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located at the foot of Dôle mountain, on the border with France. It consists of the village of La Rippe and the hamlet of Tranchepied.
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.
La Rippe has a population () of . , 25.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 11.2%. It has changed at a rate of 2.7% due to migration and at a rate of 8.5% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (776 or 76.8%), with English being second most common (115 or 11.4%) and German being third (73 or 7.2%). There are 4 people who speak Italian.
The age distribution, , 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. Of the adult population, 95 people or 9.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 128 people or 12.2% are between 30 and 39, 211 people or 20.2% are between 40 and 49, and 139 people or 13.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 96 people or 9.
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