Vouvry

Sister cities

• Bodnegg

History

Vouvry is first mentioned in 1018 as Vobreium and Wovregium.

Geography

Vouvry has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 18.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 34.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 12.4% is used for growing crops and 2.2% is pastures and 20.5% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 0.9% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 9.2% is unproductive vegetation and 8.8% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality includes the village of Vouvry as well as Porte du Scex along the Rhône river and the villages of Miex and Taney on the slopes of Le Grammont.

Most-observed species

• Cross Gentian

  Gentiana cruciata L. · Magnoliopsida
  17,133
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,289
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,363
• Red Admiral

  Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,514
• Ringlet

  Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,445
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  2,383
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,187
• Great Burnet

  Sanguisorba officinalis L. · Magnoliopsida
  2,084

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 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 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France