Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
[3] Denges has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.7 square kilometers (0.66 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi) or 45.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes.
while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent and Gules, an arched Bridge Sable lined of the first overall.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (936 or 84.4%), with Portuguese being second most common (59 or 5.3%) and German being third (31 or 2.8%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Denges is; 209 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 200 teenagers or 12.9% 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 26.99% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 395 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%.
[9] There were 611 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 552.
In the tertiary sector; 83 or 28.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 101 or 34.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 4.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 32 or 10.8% were in the information industry, 13 or 4.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 2.4% were in education and 9 or 3.0% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 380 or 34.3% were Roman Catholic, while 406 or 36.6% 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.