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

[3] Boulens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.4 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two crossed scythes Or, in chief of the second a bar and a pale of the first counterchanged.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (190 or 90.0%), with German being second most common (13 or 6.2%) and Portuguese being third (4 or 1.9%).

At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Boulens is; 29 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 46 teenagers or 16.4% 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 SVP which received 26.81% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 108 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.3%.

[9] There were 99 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 42.9% were in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, .

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 31 or 14.7% were Roman Catholic, while 144 or 68.2% 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.

[17] 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.

[18] As of 2000[update], there were 43 students from Boulens who attended schools outside the municipality.