Vaud
Ouest Lausannois District
Ecublens (VD)

Écublens

Écublens is a municipality in in the canton of , located in the district of . It is a suburb of and is served by the Lausanne metro line 1 and several bus lines. The nearest train station is Renens.
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  • Type: Town with 13,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Ecublens”, “Ecublens (Vaud)”, “Ecublens (VD)”, “Ecublens VD”, “Écublens VD”, “Écublens, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland”, and “Écublens, Vaud”
  • Postal code: 1024
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include SwissTech Convention Center and EPFL.

Convention center
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 fr.
The is a conference centre on the campus of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. The is one of the largest convention centers in the Lake Geneva region and has served many major events.

Railway station
Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The or Swiss Museum of Computer Science, Digital Culture and Video Games is a private museum dedicated to the digital revolution. Its exhibition space is located on the site of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chavannes-près-Renens and Denges.

Village
is a municipality in the canton of , located in the district of .

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

Village
Photo: Sa-se, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in in the canton of , located in the district of . It is a suburb of the city of .

Écublens

Latitude
46.5258° or 46° 31′ 33″ north
Longitude
6.56211° or 6° 33′ 44″ east
Population
13,200
Elevation
409 metres (1,342 feet)
Open location code
8FR8GHG6+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240119296
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6285791
Wiki­data ID
Q69716
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Écublens” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيكوبلان”
  • Arabic: “إيكوبلينس”
  • Arabic: “ايكوبلان”
  • Basque: “Ecublens (VD)”
  • Basque: “Écublens”
  • Breton: “Ecublens”
  • Catalan: “Ecublens”
  • Catalan: “Écublens”
  • Cebuano: “Ecublens (munisipyo sa Swisa, Canton de Vaud, Ouest Lausannois District, lat 46,53, long 6,56)”
  • Cebuano: “Ecublens”
  • Chinese: “Écublens, Vaud”
  • Chinese: “埃居布朗”
  • Chinese: “埃屈布朗”
  • Czech: “Ecublens VD”
  • Czech: “Ecublens”
  • Dutch: “Ecublens”
  • Dutch: “Écublens”
  • Esperanto: “Ecublens VD”
  • Esperanto: “Écublens VD”
  • Finnish: “Ecublens”
  • French: “Ecublens”
  • French: “Écublens”
  • German: “Dorigny”
  • German: “Ecublens VD”
  • German: “Ecublens”
  • Hungarian: “Ecublens”
  • Irish: “Écublens, Vaud”
  • Italian: “Ecublens”
  • Japanese: “エキュブラン”
  • Lithuanian: “Ekublensas”
  • Lombard: “Écublens”
  • Malay: “Ecublens (VD)”
  • Malay: “Ecublens, Vaud”
  • Malay: “Ecublens”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Écublens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ecublens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ecublens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Écublens”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ecublens”
  • Polish: “Ecublens”
  • Polish: “Écublens”
  • Portuguese: “Écublens”
  • Romansh: “Ecublens”
  • Russian: “Экюблан”
  • Russian: “Экюблено”
  • Slovenian: “Ecublens”
  • Spanish: “Ecublens”
  • Spanish: “Écublens”
  • Swedish: “Ecublens, Vaud”
  • Swedish: “Ecublens”
  • Swiss German: “Ecublens VD”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ecublens VD”
  • Turkish: “Ecublens”
  • Ukrainian: “Екюблан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ecublens”
  • Venetian: “Ecublens (Vaud)”
  • Venetian: “Ecublens”
  • Volapük: “Écublens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ecublens VD”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Écublens VD”
  • Welsh: “Ecublens”

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