Goumoëns
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| Population | 849 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 61 /km2 (158 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi) | |||||||||
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| SFOS number | 5541 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Echallens, Penthéréaz, Saint-Barthélemy, Villars-le-Terroir | |||||||||
| Website | Goumoëns.ch Profile, SFSO statistics |
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Goumoëns is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Eclagnens, Goumoens-la-Ville and Goumoens-le-Jux merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Goumoëns.[2]
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History
Eclagnens 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[update], of 13.89 square kilometers (5.36 sq mi). Of this area, 9.41 km2 (3.63 sq mi) or 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi) or 24.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi) 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
- ^ Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 10 December 2011
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 17 February 2011
- ^ a b Eclagnens 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 (German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 (German) accessed 29 January 2011