1. History

2. Geography

3. Coat of arms

4. Demographics

5. Politics

6. Economy

7. Religion

8. Education

9. References

Grancy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

History

Grancy is first mentioned in 1141 as Granci. In 1202 it was mentioned as Grantie.^[1]

Geography

Grancy has an area, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, of {{convert|5.69|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. Of this area, {{convert|3.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 68.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|1.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 26.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, {{convert|0.27|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} or 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.01|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.01|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.2% is unproductive land.^[1]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 24.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.1% is used for growing crops and 7.6% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.^[1]

The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Grancy became part of the new district of Morges.^[2]

The municipality is located along the banks of the Veyron river. It consists of the village of Grancy and the hamlet of Saint-Denis.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Bar Azure ensigned letter G, in base Coupeaux Vert.^[3]

Demographics

Grancy has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-VD}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-VD|5485}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-VD}} {{as of|2008}}, 6.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals.^[4] Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 15.8%. It has changed at a rate of 11.1% due to migration and at a rate of 4.7% due to births and deaths.^[5]

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks French (302 or 92.1%), with German being second most common (13 or 4.0%) and English being third (5 or 1.5%). There are 2 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh.^[8]

Of the population in the municipality 110 or about 33.5% were born in Grancy and lived there in 2000. There were 131 or 39.9% who were born in the same canton, while 40 or 12.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 41 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland.^[8]

In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man and 1 non-Swiss woman 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 3 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.2%.^[4]

The age distribution, {{as of|2009|lc=on}}, in Grancy is; 52 children or 14.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 47 teenagers or 12.8% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 24 people or 6.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 61 people or 16.7% are between 30 and 39, 60 people or 16.4% are between 40 and 49, and 40 people or 10.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 35 people or 9.6% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 17 people or 4.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 25 people or 6.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 1.4% who are 90 and older.^[6]

The historical population is given in the following chart:^[9][10]

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  color:yellowgreen width:40   mark:(line,white) align:center  bar:1416 from:start till:68  bar:1416 at:110 fontsize:S text: "17 Hearths"  shift:(8,5)  bar:1453 from:start till:48  bar:1453 at:80 fontsize:S text: "12 Hearths"  shift:(8,5)  bar:1550 from:start till:40  bar:1550 at:50 fontsize:S text: "10 Hearths"  shift:(8,5)  bar:1764 from:start till:279 text:"279"  bar:1850 from:start till:363 text:"363"  bar:1860 from:start till:338 text:"338"  bar:1870 from:start till:350 text:"350"  bar:1880 from:start till:339 text:"339"  bar:1888 from:start till:307 text:"307"  bar:1900 from:start till:296 text:"296"  bar:1910 from:start till:306 text:"306"  bar:1920 from:start till:272 text:"272"  bar:1930 from:start till:266 text:"266"  bar:1941 from:start till:283 text:"283"  bar:1950 from:start till:270 text:"270"  bar:1960 from:start till:261 text:"261"  bar:1970 from:start till:226 text:"226"  bar:1980 from:start till:252 text:"252"  bar:1990 from:start till:298 text:"298"  bar:2000 from:start till:328 text:"328"

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 28.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (22.46%), the SP (20.09%) and the Green Party (10.57%). In the federal election, a total of 117 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.0%.^[11]

Economy

Religion

From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 64 or 19.5% were Roman Catholic, while 207 or 63.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 21 individuals (or about 6.40% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. There was 1 person who was Buddhist. 32 (or about 9.76% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 10 individuals (or about 3.05% of the population) did not answer the question.^[7]

Education

In Grancy about 115 or (35.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 55 or (16.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 55 who completed tertiary schooling, 50.9% were Swiss men, 38.2% were Swiss women.^[7]

In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 52 students in the Grancy school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.^[14] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 27 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 25 students in those schools.^[15]

References

• Western Australian Liberal Party (1911-17)
• Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–17)
• Western Australian Museum, Albany
• Western Australian Museum - Albany
• Western Australian prohibition referendum, 1925
• Western Australian prohibition referendum, 1950
• Western Australian Reports
• Western Australian retail trading hours referendum, 2005
• Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation
• Western Australian sculpin
• Western Australian secession referendum, 1933
• Western Australian sheoak
• Western Australian state election, 1890
• Western Australian state election, 1901
• Western Australian state election, 1904
• Western Australian state election, 1905
• Western Australian state election, 1908
• Western Australian state election, 1911
• Western Australian state election, 1914
• Western Australian state election, 1917
• Western Australian state election, 1921
• Western Australian state election, 1924
• Western Australian state election, 1927
• Western Australian state election, 1930
• Western Australian state election, 1933