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Échallens District
Échallens District was a Districts of Switzerland, district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Échallens. The district was dissolved on 31 August 2006 and all the municipalities transferred to the new Gros-de-Vaud District on the following day.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011
The following municipalities were located within the district: * Assens, Switzerland, Assens * Bercher * Bioley-Orjulaz * Bottens * Bretigny-sur-Morrens * Cugy, Vaud, Cugy * Dommartin, Switzerland, Dommartin * Échallens * Éclagnens * Essertines-sur-Yverdon * Étagnières * Fey, Switzerland, Fey * Froideville, Vaud, Froideville * Goumoens-la-Ville * Goumoens-le-J ...
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Essertines-sur-Yverdon
Essertines-sur-Yverdon (, literally ''Essertines on Yverdon'') is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Essertines-sur-Yverdon is first mentioned in 1180 as ''Essertines''. Geography Essertines-sur-Yverdon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 24.4% of the total land area is heavi ...
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Poliez-Pittet
Poliez-Pittet is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Poliez-Pittet is first mentioned around 1160-79 as ''Poleto''. In 1230 it was mentioned as ''Pollie lo Pitet''. Geography Poliez-Pittet has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 35.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.9% is used for growing crops and 1 ...
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Poliez-le-Grand
Poliez-le-Grand is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011


History

Poliez-le-Grand is first mentioned around 1160-79 as ''Poleto''. In 1225 it was mentioned as ''Pollie lo Grant''.


Geography

Poliez-le-Grand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 79.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads).
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Penthéréaz
Penthéréaz is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Penthéréaz is first mentioned in 1141 as ''Panterea''. Geography Penthéréaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 56.5% is used for growing crops and 6.5% is pastures, ...
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Pailly, Switzerland
Pailly () is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Pailly is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Parli''. Geography Pailly has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 62.0% is used for growing crops and 11.4% is pastures, while 1.7% is us ...
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Oulens-sous-Échallens
Oulens-sous-Échallens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Oulens-sous-Échallens is first mentioned in 1207 as ''Ollens''. Geography Oulens-sous-Échallens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010.
Of the built-up area, housing and buildings make up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure make up 6.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas make up 1.4% of the area. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy ...
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Naz, Switzerland
Naz is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Dommartin, Naz, Poliez-le-Grand and Sugnens merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Montilliez.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011


History

Naz is first mentioned around 1200 as ''Nars''.


Geography

Naz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 69.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads).
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Morrens
Morrens () is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Morrens is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Morrens''. Geography Morrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.9% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, ...
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Malapalud
Malapalud is a former municipality in the district of Échallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, it was merged with the municipality of Assens.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011.


History

Malapalud may have been first mentioned in 1429.


Geography

Malapalud is located in the Gros-de-Vaud region.


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Goumoens-le-Jux
Goumoens-le-Jux is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Éclagnens, Goumoens-la-Ville and Goumoens-le-Jux merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Goumoëns.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011.


History

Goumoens-le-Jux is first mentioned in 1447 as ''Gumoens lo Jux''. During the it was known as ''Le Craux''.


Geography

Goumoens-le-Jux has an area, , of . Of this ar ...
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Goumoens-la-Ville
Goumoens-la-Ville is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud District, Gros-de-Vaud in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Éclagnens, Goumoens-la-Ville and Goumoens-le-Jux merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Goumoëns.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011.


History

Goumoens-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Guimuens li vila''.


Geography

Goumoens-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.1% is settled (building ...
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