Grandevent

Geschichte

Grandevent is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryGrandevent is first mentioned in the 16th Century as Grandevens.GeographyGrandevent has an area, of 3.45km2. Of this area, 1.57km2 or 45.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.77km2 or 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.11km2 or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 43.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.7% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops and 24.3% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Grandevent became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located on the edge of the Jura Mountains, 5km from Grandson. It consists of the village of Grandevent, the hamlet of Vers-chez-Grison and the seasonal alpine camp of Le Grand-Brelingard.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Rooster Gules.