Essertines-sur-Rolle

Essertines-sur-Rolle (esɛʁtin syʁ ʁɔl, literally Essertines on Rolle) is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Essertines-sur-Rolle is first mentioned in 1152 as Essartinis. Essertines-sur-Rolle has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 20.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 47.3% is used for growing crops and 12.9% is pastures, while 9.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Rolle District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Essertines-sur-Rolle became part of the new district of Nyon. It consists of the village of Essertines-sur-Rolle and the hamlet of Bugnaux. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, three Annulets one and two interwoven Sable, in chief Vert a Saltire couped Or. Essertines-sur-Rolle has a population () of . , 20.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 36.1%. It has changed at a rate of 23.2% due to migration and at a rate of 12.7% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (391 or 78.8%), with German being second most common (41 or 8.3%) and English being third (28 or 5.6%). There are 8 people who speak Italian. The age distribution, , in Essertines-sur-Rolle is; 124 children or 18.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 80 teenagers or 12.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 70 people or 10.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 117 people or 17.6% are between 30 and 39, 106 people or 16.0% are between 40 and 49, and 79 people or 11.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 59 people or 8.