Crissier

History

Crissier is first mentioned in 1199 as Crissiaco. In 1228 it was mentioned as Crissie.

Geography

Crissier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 48.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes. 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.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,688
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  7,685
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  5,715
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,477
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,165
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,588
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,257
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,828

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland