Daillens

Daillens
Coat of arms
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Location of Daillens
Coordinates: 46°37′N 06°33′E / 46.617°N 6.550°E / 46.617; 6.550Coordinates: 46°37′N 06°33′E / 46.617°N 6.550°E / 46.617; 6.550
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Gros-de-Vaud
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	5.52 km2 (2.13 sq mi)
Elevation	503 m (1,650 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	940
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Postal code	1306
SFOS number	5480
Surrounded by	Bettens, Bournens, Éclépens, Lussery-Villars, Oulens-sous-Échallens, Penthalaz
Website	http://www.daillens.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Daillens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.

Daillens is first mentioned in 1109 as Dallens.

Daillens has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 5.52 square kilometers (2.13 sq mi). Of this area, 3.59 km² (1.39 sq mi) or 65.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.1 km² (0.42 sq mi) or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) 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.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Lozenges voided two and one Argent.

Daillens has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 940. As of 2008^[update], 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.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (568 or 95.0%), with German being second most common (16 or 2.7%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.8%).