What is Echichens?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Echichens | image_photo = Church of Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges.jpg | municipality_name = Echichens | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Echichens COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Echichens.png | languages = French | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Morges (district)|Morges]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|32|N|06|30|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1112 | municipality_code = 5634 | area = 2.56 | elevation = 466|elevation_description= | population = 991|populationof=2003 | website = www.echichens.ch | mayor = Philippe Jobin|mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = Syndic |list_of_mayors = | places = [[Colombier, Vaud|Colombier]], Echichens, [[Monnaz]], [[Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges]] | demonym = Échichanais | neighboring_municipalities= [[Bremblens]], [[Lonay]], [[Monnaz]], [[Morges]], [[Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges]] | twintowns = [[Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine]] (France) }} '''Echichens''' is a [[municipality]] in [[Morges (district)|Morges]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 July 2011, the municipalities of [[Colombier, Vaud|Colombier]], [[Monnaz]] and [[Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges]] joined together to become this new municipality, Echichens.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 17 February 2011</ref> [[File:Echichens-coat of arms.svg|thumb|100px|The old coat of arms of Echichens]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.echichens.ch Official website] {{in lang|fr}} {{Municipalities of the district of Morges}} {{Switzerland-stub}}