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

[3] Gimel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 18.89 square kilometers (7.29 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains on the Col du Marchairuz road.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, Twins Argent.

The twins on the coat of arms may represent Gemini (French: Gémeaux) and come from the name of the municipality.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,285 or 88.7%), with German being second most common (39 or 2.7%) and Italian being third (35 or 2.4%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Gimel is; 207 children or 12.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 219 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Gimel is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.18% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 381 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 39.7%.

[9] There were 713 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 50, of which 41 were in agriculture and 9 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 32 or 9.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 71 or 21.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 1.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 22 or 6.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 1.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 31 or 9.2% were in education and 147 or 43.8% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 357 or 24.6% were Roman Catholic, while 724 or 50.0% 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.