Daillens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.
History
thumb|Protestant church in Daillens
Daillens is first mentioned in 1109 as Dallens.
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.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Lozenges voided two and one Argent.
Demographics
Daillens has a population () of . , 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 () speaks French (568 or 95.0%), with German being second most common (16 or 2.7%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.8%).
, there were 251 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 310 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 21 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 233 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 245 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 78. There were 7 single room apartments and 93 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 212 apartments (86.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 27 apartments (11.0%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (2.4%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Clocher Du Temple is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (21.36%), the SP (19.27%) and the Green Party (16.73%). In the federal election, a total of 251 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.9%.
Economy
Daillens has a post office, a paper factory, a sawmill and several other trades.
, Daillens had an unemployment rate of 3.6%. , there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 48 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 592 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 28 businesses in this sector.
, there were 694 workers who commuted into the municipality and 231 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 3.0 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. Of the working population, 7.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.9% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 69 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 45 students in those schools.
, there were 14 students in Daillens who came from another municipality, while 103 residents attended schools outside the municipality.