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Echallens
Canton	Vaud
District	Echallens
Coordinates	46°38′N 6°38′E
Population	4750   (December 2004)
Area	6.66 km²
Elevation	617 m
Postal code	1040
SFOS number	5518
Website	www.echallens.ch
Surrounded by	Villars-le-Terroir, Poliez-le-Grand, Bottens, Malapalud, Assens, Saint-Barthélemy, Goumoens-la-Ville.
Echallens

Echallens is a municipality in the district of Echallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... Assens Bercher Bioley-Orjulaz Bottens Bretigny-sur-Morrens Cugy Dommartin Echallens Eclagnens Essertines-sur-Yverdon Etagnières Fey Froideville Goumoens-la-Ville Goumoens-le-Jux Malapalud Morrens Naz Oulens-sous-Echallens Pailly Penthéréaz Poliez-le-Grand Poliez-Pittet Rueyres Saint-Barthélemy Sugnens Villars-le-Terroir Villars-Tiercelin... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Villars-le-Terroir is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Poliez-le-Grand is a municipality in the district of Echallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. ... Bottens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Malapalud is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Gustavia Harbour, St. ... Goumoens-la-Ville is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Assens Bercher Bioley-Orjulaz Bottens Bretigny-sur-Morrens Cugy Dommartin Echallens Eclagnens Essertines-sur-Yverdon Etagnières Fey Froideville Goumoens-la-Ville Goumoens-le-Jux Malapalud Morrens Naz Oulens-sous-Echallens Pailly Penthéréaz Poliez-le-Grand Poliez-Pittet Rueyres Saint-Barthélemy Sugnens Villars-le-Terroir Villars-Tiercelin... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...

Geography

Echallens lies at an elevation of 617 m. 14 km north of Lausanne. The muncipality stretches across the Gros de Vaud plateau, on both sides of the river Talent, on the northwest edge of the Jorat, in central Vaud. Lausanne (pronounced ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura mountains to its north. ...

It includes a section of the rolling Gros de Vaud, the breadbasket of the canton of Vaud. The Talent runs from east to west across the municipality, from the highlands of the Jorat. In the southwest, it runs down to the Mortigue (a tributary of the Talent). The highest point in the municipality is at an elevation of 672 m. in the municipality woods. In 1997, 18 percent of municipality land was residential, 13 percent woods, 68 percent agricultural, and a little less than 1 percent unproductive land.

The surrounding minicipalities are Villars-le-Terroir, Poliez-le-Grand, Bottens, Malapalud, Assens, Saint-Barthélemy, and Goumoens-la-Ville. Villars-le-Terroir is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Poliez-le-Grand is a municipality in the district of Echallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. ... Bottens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Malapalud is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Gustavia Harbour, St. ... Goumoens-la-Ville is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ...

History

The territory of the municipality was already settled very early. There are remains of a Bronze Age foundry. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...

The first documentation dates from 1141 under the name of Charlens. Later forms of the name include Challeins, Escharlens (1177), Eschallens (1228), and Eschalleins (1279). The present form of the name first appears in 1315. The name comes from the personal name Charles.

The site belonged originally to the Bishop of Lausanne. At the end of the 12th century, the Burgundian Lords of Montfaucon established the territory of Echallens and built a castle there in the 13th century. In 1317, the rights of the house of Savoy were recognized. In 1350, Echallens was encircled by a wall and received city rights in 1351. From then until the 16th century, a weekly market was held. région of Bourgogne, see Bourgogne. ...

In 1410, the government of Echallens passed to the house of Chalon, which originated in Burgundy. For this reason, the Eidgenossen took over after the Burgundian Wars and put it under the administration of Fribourg and Bern in 1476. The Burgundy Wars were a conflict between the House of Habsburg and the Valois Dynasty, in which the Old Swiss Confederacy got involved and would play a decisive role. ... Fribourg (French; German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland, often Fribourg) is a city in the country of Switzerland and the capital of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg on the river Sarine/Saane. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ...

Because of the common administration of Catholic Fribourg and protestant Bern, the Reformation did not gain ground in Echallen, and it remained Catholic. The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

Echallens belonged from 1798 to 1803 to the Helvetic canton of Léman, and was brought into the canton of Vaud by the mediation of Napoleon. It has been the capital of the district since 1798. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

Population

With 4843 inhabitants (as of 2005), Echallens is one of the middle-sized towns of the canton of Vaud. The population is 89.1 percent French-speaking, 2.9 percent German-speaking, and 2.1 percent Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). The population has grown from 956 in 1850 to and 1095 in 1900.

Economy

Echallens is a regionally important commercial center of the Gros de Vaud. Until the end of the 19th century, it was primarily agricultural. Today, agriculture is quite marginal.

The municipality became slowly industrialized, with machining, metalworking, and textiles being the major industries.

Most jobs (almost 70 percent) are in the service sector. Many people now commute to Lausanne.

Transportation

Echallens lies on the main highway between Lausanne and Yverdon-les-Bains. The entrance to the A1 motorway at La Sarraz opened in 1981 and is only about 7 km from the center. Location within Switzerland Yverdon-les-Bains (called Eburodunum during the Roman era) is a town in the Vaud canton of Switzerland, located on the shore of Lake Neuchâtel. ... Castel of La Sarraz La Sarraz is a commune in the district of Cossonay of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ...

In 1874, the railway from Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne to Echallens opened a small-guage line Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher. There are bus lines to Chavornay, Yverdon, und Thierrens. Chavornay is the name of several places: Chavornay, a commune of the Ain département, in France Chavornay, a municipality of the Vaud Switzerland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Thierrens is a Swiss municipality located in the district of Moudon of the canton of Vaud. ...

Municipalities in the district of Echallens

Assens | Bercher | Bioley-Orjulaz | Bottens | Bretigny-sur-Morrens | Cugy | Dommartin | Echallens | Eclagnens | Essertines-sur-Yverdon | Etagnières | Fey | Froideville | Goumoens-la-Ville | Goumoens-le-Jux | Malapalud | Morrens | Naz | Oulens-sous-Echallens | Pailly | Penthéréaz | Poliez-le-Grand | Poliez-Pittet | Rueyres | Saint-Barthélemy | Sugnens | Villars-le-Terroir | Villars-Tiercelin | Vuarrens Image File history File links Vaud-coat_of_arms. ... Assens Bercher Bioley-Orjulaz Bottens Bretigny-sur-Morrens Cugy Dommartin Echallens Eclagnens Essertines-sur-Yverdon Etagnières Fey Froideville Goumoens-la-Ville Goumoens-le-Jux Malapalud Morrens Naz Oulens-sous-Echallens Pailly Penthéréaz Poliez-le-Grand Poliez-Pittet Rueyres Saint-Barthélemy Sugnens Villars-le-Terroir Villars-Tiercelin... Assens is a commune in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Echallens. ... Bercher is a commune in Vaud canton, Switzerland. ... Bioley-Orjulaz is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Bottens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Bretigny-sur-Morrens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Cugy is a commune in the district of Echallens, located in Vaud canton and in Switzerland Category: ... Dommartin is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Eclagnens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Essertines-sur-Yverdon is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Etagnières is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Fey is a commune in Echallens (district), located in Vaud, and in Switzerland Categories: ‪Switzerland geography stubs‬ | ‪Vaud‬ ... Froideville is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Goumoens-la-Ville is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Goumoens-le-Jux is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Malapalud is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Morrens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Naz is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Oulens-sous-Echallens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Pailly is a commune in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Penthéréaz is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Poliez-le-Grand is a municipality in the district of Echallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. ... Poliez-Pittet is a municipality in the district of Echallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. ... Rueyres is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Saint-Barthélemy is a municipality in the district of Echallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. ... Sugnens is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Villars-le-Terroir is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Villars-Tiercelin is a municipality in the district of Echallens of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Vuarrens is a commune in the Swiss canton of Vaud. ...

Canton of Vaud | Districts of the canton of Vaud | Municipalities of the canton of Vaud The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This is a list of municipalities of the canton of Vaud (communes du canton de Vaud) in Switzerland. ...