page_title: Rolle
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Rolle / Geography
caption_attribution_description: le lac léman #1 English: Lake Geneva from Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland
context_page_description: Rolle is a municipality in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was the seat of the district of Rolle until 2006, when it became part of the district of Nyon. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Geneva between Nyon and Lausanne. Rolle is approximately 30 kilometers northeast of Geneva in the La Côte wine-growing region, and has views of the high Alps.
  Rolle is also the birthplace of Frédéric-César de la Harpe, who was the tutor of Alexander I of Russia and was largely responsible for the independence of the Canton of Vaud from the Bernese.
context_section_description: Rolle has an area, as of 2009, of 2.7 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.81 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 29.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.15 km² (0.058 sq mi) or 5.5% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 1.74 km² (0.67 sq mi) or 63.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.
  Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 28.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 18.6%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.4% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 8.0%.  Out of the forested land, 3.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 17.2% is used for growing crops and 3.3% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.  Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 0.4% is in rivers and streams.
  The municipality was part of the Rolle District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Rolle became part of the new district of Nyon.
  The municipality is located on Lake Geneva on the Geneva-Lausanne highway.
caption: Lake Geneva and the Alps from Rolle
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