Romanel-sur-Lausanne

History

Romanel-sur-Lausanne is first mentioned in 1184 as Romanes.

Geography

Romanel-sur-Lausanne is part of the agglomeration of the city of Lausanne. 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. It lies some north-north-west of the centre of the city. The municipality has an area, , of (depending on calculation method). Of this area, or 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 37.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 1.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.6% is used for growing crops and 1.4% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,690
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  7,625
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  5,715
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,475
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,162
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,520
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,256
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,821

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland