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

[8] Echichens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.6 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 21.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

[10] The municipality is located on a vineyard covered hill above the Morges river and Lake Geneva.

It consists of the village of Echichens and the hamlets of Joulens and Le Vernay.

Before merge, the blazon of the municipal coat of arms was Azure, three ganders two and one Argent.

[14] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (997 or 89.1%), with German being second most common (44 or 3.9%) and Portuguese being third (22 or 2.0%).

[13] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Echichens is; 98 children or 9.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 114 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19.

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[5][6][7][8][18] Mestral Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire villages of Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges and Colombier are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] There were 538 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.0% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 328.

In the tertiary sector; 9 or 3.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 1.8% 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, 6 or 2.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 48 or 17.2% were in education and 202 or 72.4% were in health care.

[14] From the 2000 census[update], 329 or 29.4% were Roman Catholic, while 529 or 47.3% 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.

[22] 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.