Grolley

History

Grolley is first mentioned around 1137-38 as de Groslerio.

Geography

Grolley has an area, , of . Of this area, or 64.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 17.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 41.4% is used for growing crops and 23.0% is pastures.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  9,024
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,986
• European hare

  Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia
  4,806
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  4,144
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,822
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  3,347
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,271
• hedgehog

  Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,628

Most recent

• 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
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France