Echichens

Echichens
Municipality
Coat of arms of Echichens
Coat of arms
Location of Echichens
Map
Echichens is located in Switzerland
Echichens
Echichens
Echichens is located in Canton of Vaud
Echichens
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
[1]
 • 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

  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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