Assens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] The community decided to merge their commune with Malapalud, with effect from 1 January 2009.

[4] Assens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.35 square kilometers (2.07 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 9.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert, in base a Garb, in chief two Crosses bottony, all of Or.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (707 or 91.8%), with German being second most common (36 or 4.7%) and Italian being third (8 or 1.0%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Assens is; 130 children or 13.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 132 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 21.18% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 271 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.3%.

[10] There were 426 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 45 or 31.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 2.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 16.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 5.6% were in the information industry, 19 or 13.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 19 or 13.3% were technical professionals or scientists, and 3 or 2.1% were in health care.

[10] The municipality has a railway station, Assens, on the suburban Lausanne–Bercher line.

From the 2000 census[update], 353 or 45.8% were Roman Catholic, while 279 or 36.2% 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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