Echichens

Coordinates: 46°32′N 06°30′E / 46.533°N 6.500°E / 46.533; 6.500
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Echichens
Coat of arms of Echichens
Location of Echichens
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Echichens is located in Switzerland
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Echichens
Echichens is located in Canton of Vaud
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Echichens
Coordinates: 46°32′N 06°30′E / 46.533°N 6.500°E / 46.533; 6.500
CountrySwitzerland
CantonVaud
DistrictMorges
Government
 • MayorSyndic
Philippe Jobin
Area
 • Total13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Elevation
466 m (1,529 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total3,059
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
DemonymÉchichanais
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1112
SFOS number5634
LocalitiesColombier, Echichens, Monnaz, Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Surrounded byBremblens, Lonay, Monnaz, Morges, Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges
Twin townsSaint-Fiacre-sur-Maine (France)
Websitewww.echichens.ch
Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Echichens is a municipality in Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011, the municipalities of Colombier, Monnaz and Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges joined together to become this new municipality, Echichens.[3]

The old coat of arms of Echichens

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011

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