Romainmôtier-Envy

Geschichte

Romainmôtier-Envy is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The village lies on the Nozon river and has about 450 inhabitants. The town has a famous Romanesque church. The monastery of Romainmôtier (Romanum monasterium) was founded by Romanus of Condat, after whom it was named.The municipality was created in 1970 by a merger of Romainmôtier and Envy.HistoryEnvy is first mentioned in 1216 as Envi. Romainmôtier is first mentioned in the 7th Century as monasterio qui cognominatur Romanus.GeographyRomainmôtier-Envy has an area, of 7km2. Of this area, 1.91km2 or 27.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.64km2 or 66.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.41km2 or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 65.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.1% is used for growing crops and 12.1% is pastures.The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Romainmôtier-Envy became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.