Gressy is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Gressy merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains.
History
Gressy is first mentioned in 1228 as Grissie.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.9%. Out of the forested land, 14.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.7% is used for growing crops and 14.7% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally Argent and Azure, overall on a Bend wavy Gules three Bezants.
Demographics
Gressy had a population () of 155. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 14%. It has changed at a rate of 8.8% due to migration and at a rate of 5.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (134 or 96.4%) as their first language, with German being second most common (2 or 1.4%) and Spanish being third (2 or 1.4%).
, there were 56 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 68 married individuals, 7 widows or widowers and 8 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.6 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 49.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 56 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.
, a total of 53 apartments (80.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (10.6%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (9.1%) were empty.
<timeline>
Colors=
id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9)
id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)
ImageSize = width:1140 height:210
PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100
AlignBars = justify
DateFormat = x.y
Period = from:0 till:230
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
AlignBars = justify
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10 start:0
PlotData=
color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center
bar:1404 from:start till:52
bar:1404 at:62 fontsize:S text: "13 Hearths" shift:(8,5)
bar:1550 from:start till:52
bar:1550 at:92 fontsize:S text: "13 Hearths" shift:(8,5)
bar:1764 from:start till:146 text:"146"
bar:1803 from:start till:166 text:"166"
bar:1850 from:start till:222 text:"222"
bar:1860 from:start till:195 text:"195"
bar:1870 from:start till:188 text:"188"
bar:1880 from:start till:201 text:"201"
bar:1888 from:start till:217 text:"217"
bar:1900 from:start till:218 text:"218"
bar:1910 from:start till:193 text:"193"
bar:1920 from:start till:184 text:"184"
bar:1930 from:start till:152 text:"152"
bar:1941 from:start till:149 text:"149"
bar:1950 from:start till:171 text:"171"
bar:1960 from:start till:143 text:"143"
bar:1970 from:start till:136 text:"136"
bar:1980 from:start till:125 text:"125"
bar:1990 from:start till:132 text:"132"
bar:2000 from:start till:139 text:"139"
</timeline>
Heritage sites of national significance
The Oppidum De Sermuz, an Iron Age settlement, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.53% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (25.14%), the FDP (14.08%) and the LPS Party (8.83%). In the federal election, a total of 52 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.1%.
Economy
, Gressy had an unemployment rate of 1.3%. , there were 16 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 48 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 3 businesses in this sector.
, there were 8 workers who commuted into the municipality and 50 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, 4.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.8% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 14 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 20 students in those schools.
, there were 17 students from Gressy who attended schools outside the municipality.