Goumoëns is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The municipalities of Éclagnens, Goumoens-la-Ville and Goumoens-le-Jux merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Goumoëns.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011.
History Éclagnens is first mentioned in 1265 as de Clanens. Goumoens-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1228 as Guimuens li vila. Goumoens-le-Jux is first mentioned in 1447 as Gumoens lo Jux. During the Ancien Régime it was known as Le Craux.
Geography Goumoëns has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010.
Historic population
The historical population is given in the following chart:Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 accessed 29 January 2011.
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