Vuarrens

Vuarrens
Vuarrens village church
Coat of arms
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Location of Vuarrens
Coordinates: 46°41′N 6°39′E / 46.683°N 6.650°E / 46.683; 6.650Coordinates: 46°41′N 6°39′E / 46.683°N 6.650°E / 46.683; 6.650
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Gros-de-Vaud
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	8.96 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Elevation	677 m (2,221 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	935
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal code	1418
SFOS number	5539
Surrounded by	Corcelles-sur-Chavornay, Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Fey, Pailly, Penthéréaz, Villars-le-Terroir
Website	http://www.vuarrens.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Vuarrens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Vuarrens has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 8.96 square kilometres (3.46 sq mi). Of this area, 6.33 km² (2.44 sq mi) or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.16 km² (0.83 sq mi) or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 56.7% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality was part of the Échallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Vuarrens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess: 1. per pale Argent and Gules, two Pyxes counterchanged; 2. Vert, a Garb Or.

Vuarrens has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 935. As of 2008^[update], 8.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 38.4%. It has changed at a rate of 30.6% due to migration and at a rate of 8.2% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (533 or 94.3%), with German being second most common (14 or 2.5%) and Spanish being third (6 or 1.1%). There are 4 people who speak Italian.