Grimisuat (Valais)

Geschichte

Grimisuat is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.HistoryGrimisuat is first mentioned around 1001-1100 as Grimisoch. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name Grimslen, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyGrimisuat has an area, of 4.4km2. Of this area, 2.1km2 or 47.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.99km2 or 22.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.23km2 or 27.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04km2 or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.09km2 or 2.0% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 19.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 13.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 8.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops and 18.0% is pastures, while 28.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.7% is in rivers and streams.The municipality is located in the Sion district, on the right bank of the Rhone river. It consists of the village of Grimisuat and the hamlets of Comera and Les Combes.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Fleur-de-lys Argent between in chief two Mullets of Six Or.DemographicsGrimisuat has a population of., 11.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 23.6%. It has changed at a rate of 13.9% due to migration and at a rate of 7.7% due to births and deaths.