Goumoëns
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Goumoens-la-Ville town hall | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Goumoëns | |
Goumoëns Goumoëns | |
| Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°36′E / 46.650°N 6.600°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Vaud |
| District | Gros-de-Vaud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Syndic |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2009) | |
• Total | 650 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| SFOS number | 5541 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VD |
| Surrounded by | Échallens, Penthéréaz, Saint-Barthélemy, Villars-le-Terroir |
| Website | http://www.goumoens.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics |
Goumoëns is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Éclagnens, Goumoens-la-Ville and Goumoens-le-Jux merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Goumoëns.[2]
History
Éclagnens is first mentioned in 1265 as de Clanens.[3] Goumoens-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1228 as Guimuens li vila.[4] Goumoens-le-Jux is first mentioned in 1447 as Gumoens lo Jux. During the Ancien Régime it was known as Le Craux.[5]
Geography
Goumoëns has an area, as of 2009, of 13.89 square kilometers (5.36 mi2). Of this area, 9.41 km2 (3.63 mi2) or 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.36 km2 (1.30 mi2) or 24.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.96 km2 (0.37 mi2) or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.[6]
Historic population
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][4][5][7]
References
- ^ "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen" (in German). Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 17 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Éclagnens" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b "Goumoens-la-Ville" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ a b "Goumoens-le-Jux" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011.