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Gryon
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Gryon
Total population
1,267
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Gryon is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. The entire village of Gryon and the Taveyanne area are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
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History
Gryon is first mentioned in 1189 as Griuns. In 1956, the gondola lift linking Gryon to les Chaux was realised, which was soon followed by a construction boom in the ski area. From the 1970s, a tourist complex was developed in the Alpe des Chaux. The bridge over Gryonne (originally constructed in 1901) which provided a direct link with Villars-sur-Ollon was reconstructed in 1980.
Geography
The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on a narrow terrace at an elevation of between the Gryonne and Avançon canyons. The commune is composed of multiple settlements, which include the Gryon village, Barboleuse, Alpe des Chaux, Taveyanne, and Peuffeyre. In the western part behind the forests lies the alpine pasture of Taveyanne. The highest point of the commune reaches 2'620 m a.s.l. on the slopes of mountain Culan, which is part of the Diablerets massif. The lowest point is located at an altitude of 680 m at Peuffeyre next to the river Avançon d'Anzeinde. Gryon's neighbouring communes are Bex, Ollon, and very partially Ormont-Dessus. The eastern and northern borders were established with Bex back in 1676. Gryon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 28.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 7.8% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 42.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 7.0% is pastures and 21.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 4.3% is unproductive vegetation and 3.5% is too rocky for vegetation.
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 5405
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,331
- Wikidata
- Q69522
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771