Crissier () is a municipality in the district of Ouest Lausannois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
It is a suburb of Lausanne.
History
Crissier is first mentioned in 1199 as Crissiaco. In 1228 it was mentioned as Crissie.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 14.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 16.3%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 18.9% is used for growing crops and 2.7% is pastures, while 3.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located west of Lausanne in the agglomeration of Lausanne.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall two crossed Rifles saltirewise Sable lined of the first.
Demographics
thumb|Crissier at night
Crissier has a population () of . , 42.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 13%. It has changed at a rate of 4.8% due to migration and at a rate of 9.4% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (4,996 or 76.0%), with Italian being second most common (355 or 5.4%) and Portuguese being third (330 or 5.0%). There are 252 people who speak German and 7 people who speak Romansh.
, there were 2,835 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 3,197 married individuals, 232 widows or widowers and 313 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 2,574 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.
there were 2,617 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 887. There were 185 single room apartments and 417 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 2,378 apartments (90.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 155 apartments (5.9%) were seasonally occupied and 84 apartments (3.2%) were empty.
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Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (19.38%), the FDP (14.88%) and the Green Party (12.41%). In the federal election, a total of 1,196 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.0%.
Economy
, Crissier had an unemployment rate of 5.4%. , there were 23 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 2,367 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 153 businesses in this sector. 6,398 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 437 businesses in this sector.
, there were 5,399 workers who commuted into the municipality and 2,585 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 3.4% of the workforce coming into Crissier are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 23.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 60.4% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 803 children of which 502 children (62.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 530 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 448 students in those schools. There were also 52 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 58 students in Crissier who came from another municipality, while 461 residents attended schools outside the municipality.