Reverolle

Reverolle is first mentioned in 1177 as Ruuilora. ==Geography==

Reverolle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 1.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 67.8% is used for growing crops and 1.7% is pastures, while 10.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located on a terrace between Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Chevron Argent between three Acorns, two and one of the same. ==Demographics==

Reverolle has a population () of . , 10.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.9%. It has changed at a rate of 0.3% due to migration and at a rate of 6% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (304 or 94.1%), with German being second most common (8 or 2.5%) and Portuguese being third (5 or 1.5%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. , there were 148 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 151 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 17 individuals who are divorced. , there were 120 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. there were 118 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 35. There were 4 single room apartments and 49 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 107 apartments (90.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (6.8%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.5%) were empty. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1080 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:330 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:70 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:14 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1453 from:start till:32 bar:1453 at:42 fontsize:S text: "8 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1803 from:start till:185 text:"185" bar:1850 from:start till:204 text:"204" bar:1860 from:start till:195 text:"195" bar:1870 from:start till:207 text:"207" bar:1880 from:start till:202 text:"202" bar:1888 from:start till:213 text:"213" bar:1900 from:start till:198 text:"198" bar:1910 from:start till:163 text:"163" bar:1920 from:start till:155 text:"155" bar:1930 from:start till:147 text:"147" bar:1941 from:start till:150 text:"150" bar:1950 from:start till:133 text:"133" bar:1960 from:start till:119 text:"119" bar:1970 from:start till:181 text:"181" bar:1980 from:start till:196 text:"196" bar:1990 from:start till:311 text:"311" bar:2000 from:start till:323 text:"323" ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 22.78% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.26%), the SVP (19.26%) and the Green Party (13.99%). In the federal election, a total of 99 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.5%. ==Economy==

, Reverolle had an unemployment rate of 1.1%. , there were 17 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 2 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 30 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector. , there were 23 workers who commuted into the municipality and 138 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 14.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 68.5% used a private car. The municipality is served by a station on the Bière–Apples–Morges railway. ==Religion==

From the , 53 or 16.4% were Roman Catholic, while 186 or 57.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 12 individuals (or about 3.72% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 1 individual who belonged to another church. 56 (or about 17.34% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 21 individuals (or about 6.50% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Reverolle about 121 or (37.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 55 or (17.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 55 who completed tertiary schooling, 60.0% were Swiss men, 36.4% were Swiss women. 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. There were 33 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 29 students in those schools. There were also 3 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. , there were 52 students in Reverolle who came from another municipality, while 42 residents attended schools outside the municipality. ==References==