Echallens
municipality in Switzerland
Echallens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Echallens  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°38′N 6°38′E / 46.633°N 6.633°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Gros-de-Vaud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Syndic Jean-Paul Nicoulin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 617 m (2,024 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,740 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Challensois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 1040 |
| SFOS number | 5518 |
| Surrounded by | Villars-le-Terroir, Poliez-le-Grand, Bottens, Malapalud, Assens, Saint-Barthélemy, Goumoens-la-Ville. |
| Website | www Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Echallens at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
- Echallens (Gemeinde) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
