Denges
5 November 2026 · Vaud
What happened in this episode?
In episode 201, Denges was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 1'910 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 1'909 municipalities remained in the race.
Municipality profile
Denges lies in the canton of Vaud. It has 1'842 permanent residents and covers 1.66 km², which corresponds to around 1'110 residents per km².
Population and foreign nationals: 31.12.2025 · Area: 01.01.2026
The figures in context
Denges ranks 1'022 by population and 2'033 by area among the 2'110 municipalities in this season. Its density of around 1'110 residents per km² is above the municipality median of 200. 630 residents, or 34.2%, do not hold Swiss citizenship; Swiss dual nationals are not counted as foreign nationals.
More about Denges
The official FSO municipality number for Denges is 5632. The municipality belongs to the administrative unit “District de Morges”. Among the 300 municipalities in the canton of Vaud, it ranks 89 by population and 283 by area. Denges accounts for 0.21% of the canton’s population and 0.06% of its area.
Denges: the marshalling yard that transformed the village
Opened in 1969, the SBB marshalling yard covered 17 hectares—about one tenth of Denges’s municipal area. Together with a new residential quarter and a commercial zone, it profoundly transformed the former farming and wine-growing village.