Malapalud is a former municipality in the district of Échallens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, it was merged with the municipality of Assens. History Malapalud may have been first mentioned in 1429. Geography Malapalud is located in the Gros-de-Vaud region. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, three Bars wavy Argent. Demographics Malapalud has a population () of 68. Most of the population () speaks French (47 or 77.0%), with German being second most common (9 or 14.8%) and Portuguese being third (4 or 6.6%). Of the population in the village 29 or about 47.5% were born in Malapalud and lived there in 2000. There were 11 or 18.0% who were born in the same canton, while 14 or 23.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 or 11.5% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 death of a Swiss citizen. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 15 and the non-Swiss population increased by 2 people. This represents a population growth rate of 22.7%. , there were 24 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 34 married individuals, 1 widow or widower and 2 individuals who are divorced. There were 5 households that consist of only one person and 4 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 22 households that answered this question, 22.7% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 8 married couples without children, 9 married couples with children. there were 3 single-family homes (or 21.4% of the total) out of a total of 14 inhabited buildings. There were 5 multi-family buildings (35.7%) and along with 6 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (42.9%). Of the single-family homes 0 were built before 1919, while 1 was built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes (2) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (3)