Renens
Sign in to saveRenens () is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest Lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign nationals from about a hundred countries.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Renens
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- city
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Vue de Renens.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Aerial view of Renens
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Renens COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Renens Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Vaud
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VD
- Swiss town.district
- Ouest Lausannois a
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 1020
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5591
- Swiss town.area
- 2.96
- Swiss town.elevation
- 415
- Swiss town.population
- 18511
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2003
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2003
- Swiss town.website
- www.renens.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Marianne Huguenin
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Renens () is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest Lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign nationals from about a hundred countries.
==History== Renens is first mentioned around 888-896 as in villa Runingis. Neolithic tombs (near Bourdonnette) and a necropolis from the High Middle Ages (near Caudrey) have been discovered in the town.