Gryon

Geschichte

Gryon is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.HistoryGryon is first mentioned in 1189 as Griuns.GeographyGryon has an area, of 15.22km2. Of this area, 4.31km2 or 28.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.96km2 or 52.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.71km2 or 11.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.19km2 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.The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on a narrow terrace at an elevation of 1110m between the Gryonne and Avançon canyons. To the east lie the hillside settlements of Les Chaux and La Barboleusaz (or Barboleuse). In the north are forests and the alpine pasture of Taveyanne. The western border with Bex was established in 1676.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, under a Cross Bottony Argent two Axes of the same handled Or in saltire.DemographicsGryon has a population of., 27.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 15.2%. It has changed at a rate of 16.1% due to migration and at a rate of 0.5% due to births and deaths.