Échallens District was a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

of the

Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolou ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. 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 Gros-de-Vaud District () is a district in Vaud canton. Gros-de-Vaud has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and ...

on the following day.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011 The following municipalities were located within the district: * Assens *

Bercher Bercher is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Bercher is first mentioned in 1154 as ''de Berchiaco''. Geography Bercher has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.7% is used for agric ...

* Bioley-Orjulaz * Bottens * Bretigny-sur-Morrens * Cugy * Dommartin * Échallens * Éclagnens *

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 Esser ...

* Étagnières * Fey * Froideville *

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 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 Goumoë ...

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.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 agricultura ...

* Naz *

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 th ...

* Pailly *

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 ...

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.< ...

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-Pi ...

* Rueyres * Saint-Barthélemy * Sugnens * Villars-le-Terroir * Villars-Tiercelin *

Vuarrens Vuarrens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Geography Vuarrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of th ...

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Former districts of the canton of Vaud Former condominiums of Switzerland {{Vaud-geo-stub