Echallens

Echallens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Echallens
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Echallens
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Coordinates: 46°38′N 6°38′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Gros-de-Vaud
Government
• Mayor	Syndic Jean-Paul Nicoulin
Area [1]
• 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.echallens.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

References

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.

Other websites

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.