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Echichens
Summary
Echichens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
The municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Echichens.
Echichens is first mentioned in 1131 as Chichens. Colombier is first mentioned in 937 as Columbaris. Monnaz is first mentioned in 1200 as Monna. In 1221 it was mentioned as Muna. Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges is first mentioned in 1171 as Sancti Simphoriani.
Echichens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.3% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 4.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.9% is used for growing crops and 6.2% is pastures, while 18.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Morges District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Echichens became part of the new district of Morges.
The municipality is located on a vineyard covered hill above the Morges river and Lake Geneva. It consists of the village of Echichens and the hamlets of Joulens and Le Vernay.
Before merge, the blazon of the municipal coat of arms was Azure, three ganders two and one Argent.
Echichens has a population () of . , 15.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0.4%. It has changed at a rate of 8.3% due to migration and at a rate of -8.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (997 or 89.1%), with German being second most common (44 or 3.9%) and Portuguese being third (22 or 2.0%). There are 11 people who speak Italian.
Of the population in the municipality 197 or about 17.6% were born in Echichens and lived there in 2000.
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