Aclens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.

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

[5] The municipality is located on a high valley above the right bank of the Venoge river.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (323 or 89.0%), with German being second most common (22 or 6.1%) and Italian being third (6 or 1.7%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Aclens is; 54 children or 11.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 52 teenagers or 11.4% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.7% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 128 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.0%.

[9] There were 196 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.9% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,103.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 228 of which 65 or (28.5%) were in manufacturing and 163 (71.5%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 134 or 15.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 680 or 79.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 1.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 22 or 2.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 0.2% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 101 or 27.8% were Roman Catholic, while 170 or 46.8% 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.

[17] 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.