Renens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, in the Ouest Lausannois district, and it is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton and the capital of the Ouest lausannois district. More than half of its inhabitants are resident foreign nationals from about a hundred countries, which makes it a very multiethnic town. It is first mentioned around 888 to 896 as in villa Runingis, and neolithic tombs and a necropolis from the High Middle Ages have been found there. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the cathedral chapter of Lausanne, and Lausanne bought the seigneury in 1750. It covers about 2.96 square kilometres and had about 20,800 inhabitants at the end of 2020.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCities table, population estimate of 2020-12-31
Renens VD 16,977 18,109 18,406 19,609 20,834 21,787
On Continent: Europe, Page header, Europe, Switzerland
Europe → Switzerland
View the Source 2. Renens (Wikipedia)
Geography
Renens has an area, as of 2009, of 2.96
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 46.5333,6.5833
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 46.5333,6.5833, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 46.5333,6.5833, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 414.0
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