Échandens is a municipality in the district of Morges of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

[4] Échandens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.9 square kilometers (1.5 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 1.13 km2 (0.44 sq mi) or 29.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.3%.

[6] It consists of the village of Échandens and the hamlet of Les Abbesses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, two Chevrons Argent.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,804 or 86.5%), with German being second most common (121 or 5.8%) and Italian being third (40 or 1.9%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Échandens is; 196 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 262 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.16% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 704 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.7%.

[10] There were 1,101 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 260 or 52.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 2.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 22 or 4.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 3.0% were in the information industry, 7 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 43 or 8.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education and 3 or 0.6% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 575 or 27.6% were Roman Catholic, while 1,106 or 53.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[18] 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.