Morrens () is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Morrens is first mentioned in 1147 as Morrens. Geography Morrens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 65.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.6%. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.9% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Morrens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. It consists of the village of Morrens and the hamlet of Les Biolettes. Since the 1970s it has been part of the agglomeration of Lausanne. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinistre: 1. Or, Semi-Wolf rampant issuant Sable langued Gules; 2. Or, three Bends Sable. Demographics Morrens has a population () of . , 11.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 12.4%. It has changed at a rate of 6.4% due to migration and at a rate of 5.8% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (802 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (55 or 6.2%) and Italian being third (8 or 0.9%). Of the population in the municipality 159 or about 17.9% were born in Morrens and lived there in 2000. There were 416 or 46.8% who were born in the same canton, while 169 or 19.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 114 or 12.8% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 10 live births to Swiss citizens and 3 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 6 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 4 while the foreign population increased by 2. There were 4 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who emigrated from