Ormont-Dessus

Geschichte

Ormont-Dessus is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.HistoryOrmont-Dessus is first mentioned in 1200 as Ormont. The German name of Ormund is no longer used.GeographyOrmont-Dessus has an area, of 61.65km2. Of this area, 20.67km2 or 33.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.26km2 or 32.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.21km2 or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.38km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 18.15km2 or 29.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 6.5% is pastures and 27.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 8.1% is unproductive vegetation, 18.6% is too rocky for vegetation and 2.7% of the land is covered by glaciers.The municipality is located in the Aigle district, in the upper section of the Grande-Eau valley. It consists of the villages of Ormont-Dessus and Vers-l'Eglise as well as scattered individual settlements. Les Diablerets is the highest village.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Coupeaux Vert and a Crescent and Mullet of Five Or.