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.
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.
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.
Demographics
Grancy has a population () of . , 6.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. 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.
Most of the population () 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.
, there were 139 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 167 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 130 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
there were 131 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 37. There were 1 single room apartments and 51 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 124 apartments (94.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (2.3%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (3.1%) were empty.
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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%.
Economy
, Grancy had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. , there were 30 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 34 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.
, there were 19 workers who commuted into the municipality and 120 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 72% used a private car. 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.
, there were 13 students in Grancy who came from another municipality, while 47 residents attended schools outside the municipality.