Tartegnin

Tartegnin
Coat of arms
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Location of Tartegnin
Coordinates: 46°28′N 06°19′E / 46.467°N 6.317°E / 46.467; 6.317Coordinates: 46°28′N 06°19′E / 46.467°N 6.317°E / 46.467; 6.317
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Nyon
Government
• Mayor	Syndic Laurent Munier
Area
• Total	1.09 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Elevation	495 m (1,624 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	230
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Postal code	1180
SFOS number	5862
Surrounded by	Gilly, Rolle, Essertines-sur-Rolle
Website	www.tartegnin.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Tartegnin is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Tartegnin is first mentioned in 1018 as Tritiniaco.

Tartegnin has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 1.1 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi). Of this area, 0.58 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 53.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 38.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 3.7% is used for growing crops and 3.7% is pastures, while 45.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality was part of the Rolle District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Tartegnin became part of the new district of Nyon.

The municipality is located in the heart of the vineyards of La Côte, above the town of Rolle.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, around a Tau-cross sable a Vine Vert fructed Gules, issuant from a Mount Vert.

Tartegnin has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 230. As of 2008^[update], 18.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.4%. It has changed at a rate of 6.2% due to migration and at a rate of 7.3% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (167 or 86.1%) as their first language, with English being second most common (8 or 4.1%) and Portuguese being third (7 or 3.6%). There are 4 people who speak German, 4 people who speak Italian.