Écublens, Vaud

Écublens is a municipality of about 13,200 inhabitants in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, in the district of Ouest Lausannois. It is a suburb of Lausanne served by line 1 of the Lausanne metro and several bus lines, and the nearest train station is Renens. A Hallstatt-era grave was found at Dorigny, three Bronze Age graves at Valeyre and several La Tène graves at Bassenges and Valeyre, and a motte of unknown age stands at the place called Château-de-la-Motte. Écublens is first mentioned around 958 to 959 as in villa Escublens, and in 964 as Scubilingis in a document recording the property of the cathedral of Lausanne. In the 10th century it was part of the territory of Renens, under Bernese rule it belonged to the bailiwick of Lausanne, a chapel was built in 1156 under the Priory of Saint-Sulpice, and the parish church of St. Peter is first mentioned in 1228. On 9 May 1476 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, gathered his army here after his defeat at the Battle of Grandson.