Éclépens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

[4] Éclépens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.81 square kilometers (2.24 sq mi).

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, on a Coupeaux Vert a Lion rampant Gules, a Bar wavy overall.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (810 or 89.6%), with German being second most common (27 or 3.0%) and Italian being third (20 or 2.2%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Éclépens is; 101 children or 10.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 119 teenagers or 12.2% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][14] The abandoned D’Entreroches canal and Le Mormont, a proto-historic through Iron Age archeological site are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Éclépens is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 29.02% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 290 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.9%.

[10] There were 465 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.1% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 622 of which 479 or (77.0%) were in manufacturing, 4 or (0.6%) were in mining and 88 (14.1%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 42 or 9.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 355 or 81.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 11 or 2.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 1.6% were in the information industry, 3 or 0.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 2.5% were in education and 3 or 0.7% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 221 or 24.4% were Roman Catholic, while 474 or 52.4% 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.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.

[18] The municipality has a railway station, Eclépens, on the Jura Foot line.