District de l'Ouest lausannois
VaudDistrict 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.
Votes in District de l'Ouest lausannois
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A 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)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (27.618–31.991 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of District de l'Ouest lausannois rank
sum of its municipalities3 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- 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.