Rougemont (Vaud)

Geschichte

Rougemont is a municipality in the Pays-d'Enhaut of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryRougemont is first mentioned in 1115 as Rubeus Mons and Rogemot. The name of the village also appears in various forms in medieval chronicles: Rubeimontis, Rogemont, Rubeo monte, Rogo mons, and Rojomont. The name stems from the red rock outcroppings north of the village. The site was probably first settled by a religious order coming from Cluny in France, which had received the land in 1080 from the Count of Gruyère. In 1569, the priory was replaced by the château of Rougemont, which became the residence of the bailiffs of Bern, who succeeded the Count of Gruyère. The area became part of the canton of Vaud in 1798.Diana, Princess of Wales lived for some time at the city, in the late 1970s while a student at the Institut Alpin Videmanette.GeographyRougemont has an area, of 48.5km2. Of this area, 23.19km2 or 47.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 16.54km2 or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.31km2 or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.2km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 7.31km2 or 15.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 28.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures and 40.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.1% is unproductive vegetation and 5.9% is too rocky for vegetation.