Éclépens
Éclépens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
History
Éclépens is first mentioned in 814 as Sclepedingus.
Geography
Éclépens has an area, as of 2009, of 5.81 square kilometers (2.24 sq mi). Of this area, 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 26.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi) or 20.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.8% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.2% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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