Aclens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
History
Aclens is first mentioned in 1002 as Astlegus.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.4% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 61.0% is used for growing crops and 4.1% is pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located on a high valley above the right bank of the Venoge river.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Fountain Gules and Argent fimbriated Argent, Chief of the same.
Demographics
Aclens has a population () of . , 21.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 27.5%. It has changed at a rate of 16.9% due to migration and at a rate of 10.3% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (323 or 89.0%), with German being second most common (22 or 6.1%) and Italian being third (6 or 1.7%).
, there were 150 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 181 married individuals, 11 widows or widowers and 21 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 149 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 165 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 50. There were 8 single room apartments and 37 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 136 apartments (82.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments (16.4%) were seasonally occupied and 2 apartments (1.2%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (17.28%), the SVP (16.91%) and the FDP (13.35%). In the federal election, a total of 128 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.0%.
Economy
, Aclens had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 33 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 234 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 23 businesses in this sector. 932 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 43 businesses in this sector.
, there were 353 workers who commuted into the municipality and 131 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.7 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 1.7% of the workforce coming into Aclens are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 9.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.8% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 34 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 20 students in those schools.
, there were 11 students in Aclens who came from another municipality, while 60 residents attended schools outside the municipality.