Allaman (French pronunciation: [alamɑ̃]) is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The village is famous for the medieval Allaman Castle (Château d'Allaman), built by the Count of Vaud in 1253.

[3] The wealthy Genevan philanthropist Jean-Jacques de Sellon, who owned the property until 1839, gave accommodation at the castle to, amongst many others, such political refugees as Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, the Duke of Bassano, the Count Camille Cavour, Voltaire as well as to Franz Liszt and George Sand.

The estate is surrounded by private forests, parks, gardens and its own Grand Cru vine yards.

Allaman has an area, as of 2012[update], of 2.60–2.59 square kilometers (1.00 sq mi) (depending on calculation method).

[6] The municipality is located along Lake Geneva along the right bank of the Aubonne river.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three wavy bars Argent.

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Allaman is; 31 children or 7.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 47 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] Allaman Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 23.87% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 130 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.7%.

[10] There were 210 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 30 were in agriculture and 6 were in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 206 or 73.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 36 or 12.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.7% were in the information industry, 2 or 0.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 20 or 7.1% were in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 77 or 19.6% were Roman Catholic, while 197 or 50.3% 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.