Denges

Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. Denges is first mentioned around 1107-11 as apud Dangias. In 1164 it was mentioned as Denges. Denges has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 5.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 45.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 22.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 30.7% is used for growing crops, while 18.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality was part of the old Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Denges became part of the new district of Morges. The municipality is located on the right bank of the Venoge river. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent and Gules, an arched Bridge Sable lined of the first overall. Denges has a population () of . , 27.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 44.8%. It has changed at a rate of 37.7% due to migration and at a rate of 8.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (936 or 84.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (59 or 5.3%) and German being third (31 or 2.8%). There are 30 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality 204 or about 18.4% were born in Denges and lived there in 2000. There were 402 or 36.2% who were born in the same canton, while 143 or 12.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 334 or 30.1% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 5 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death.