Daillens

Geschichte

Daillens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.HistoryDaillens is first mentioned in 1109 as Dallens.GeographyDaillens has an area, of 5.52km2. Of this area, 3.59km2 or 65.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.1km2 or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79km2 or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.0% of the area Out of the forested land, 17.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 50.9% is used for growing crops and 13.2% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Daillens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Lozenges voided two and one Argent.DemographicsDaillens has a population of., 14.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 47.3%. It has changed at a rate of 37.8% due to migration and at a rate of 9.7% due to births and deaths.