Gros-de-Vaud District

Gros-de-Vaud District District du Gros-de-Vaud
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
Capital	Echallens
Area
• Total	230.78 km2 (89.10 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	46,421
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	36

Gros-de-Vaud District (French: District du Gros-de-Vaud) is a district in Vaud canton.

Gros-de-Vaud has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 230.78 square kilometers (89.10 sq mi). Of this area, 154.01 km² (59.46 sq mi) or 66.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 54.62 km² (21.09 sq mi) or 23.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.45 km² (8.28 sq mi) or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.77 km² (0.30 sq mi) or 0.3% is unproductive land.^[1]