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District de l'Ouest lausannois

Vaud

District de l'Ouest lausannois is one of 10 districts of the canton of Vaud and comprises 8 municipalities with 88'653 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in District de l'Ouest lausannois

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SP31.9% · strongest party
SP31.9%
FDP19.3%
SVP15.9%
GRÜNE13.5%
GLP6.1%
PdA/Sol.5.8%
Mitte4.2%
Übrige2.1%
EVP0.7%
EDU0.4%
Saint-Sulpice (VD)
55 %
median of its municipalities
63 %
Chavannes-près-Renens
77.5 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 55 % % in Saint-Sulpice (VD) to 77.5 % % in Chavannes-près-Renens (median 63 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 15.2 % in Saint-Sulpice (VD) to 16.7 % in Chavannes-près-Renens (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.47 %
Dwellings
42'991
Avg. rooms
3
Built before 1946
8.5%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+2'800 +3.3%
births
895
deaths
494
net migration
+2'374
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
68'122
Workplaces
5'547
Services share
81.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 97 (0.1%) · Secondary 12'125 (17.8%) · Tertiary 55'314 (81.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
20
Organic share
10 %
Farmland
555 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
11.3 °C
Precipitation
1'043 mm
Elevation
372–612 m
Flat share
83.1%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
438 GWh
Electricity
29.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
32 min
Road to centre
16 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (27.61831.991 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to District de l'Ouest lausannois?
District de l'Ouest lausannois comprises 8 municipalities: Renens, Ecublens, Prilly, Bussigny, Crissier, Chavannes-près-Renens, Saint-Sulpice, Villars-Sainte-Croix. Together they have 88'653 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is District de l'Ouest lausannois in?
District de l'Ouest lausannois lies in the canton of Vaud, which is divided into 10 districts.
How many people live in District de l'Ouest lausannois?
District de l'Ouest lausannois has 88'653 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 8 municipalities; the largest is Renens with 21'793.
Does District de l'Ouest lausannois have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de l'Ouest lausannois the municipal rate ranges from 55 % (Saint-Sulpice (VD)) to 77.5 % (Chavannes-près-Renens).
How did District de l'Ouest lausannois vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, District de l'Ouest lausannois voted 40.4 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.