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, municipa ...
of the
Canton of Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
,
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 (french: District du Gros-de-Vaud) 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 ...
on the following day.
[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
The following municipalities were located within the district:
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Assens
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Bercher
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Bioley-Orjulaz
Bioley-Orjulaz is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2021 it merged into the municipality of Assens.
History
Orjulaz is first mentioned in the 12th Century as ''Oriola''. In ...
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Bottens
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Bretigny-sur-Morrens
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Cugy
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Dommartin
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Échallens
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Éclagnens
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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
Esser ...
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Étagnières
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Fey
Fey may refer to:
Places
* Féy, Moselle, France
* Fey, Switzerland
People
* Fey (name), and persons with the name
* Fey (singer) (born 1973), vocalist
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* Fey (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a fict ...
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Froideville
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Goumoens-la-Ville
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Goumoens-le-Jux
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Malapalud
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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 agricultura ...
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Naz
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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 th ...
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Pailly
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Penthéréaz
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Poliez-le-Grand
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Poliez-Pittet
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Rueyres
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Saint-Barthélemy
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Sugnens
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Villars-le-Terroir
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Villars-Tiercelin
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Vuarrens
References
Former districts of the canton of Vaud
Former condominiums of Switzerland
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