Grancy
Grancy is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Grancy is located on 581 m above sea level. M., 9 km north of the district capital Morges ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on the high plateau in the extreme southwest of Gros de Vaud, in the Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 5.7 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau of the Vaud Mittelland. The only less-structured communal land is bounded on the north by the river of the Veyron. To the west, the area extends in the forest area of the Grandes and Petites Perrauses Perrauses and reached at Mont Pelloux 614 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Grancy. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 27 % of forest and shrubs and 68 % to agriculture.
To Grancy include the south of the Veyron located houses of the hamlet of Saint- Denis (572 m above sea level. M. ) and some individual farms. The neighboring communities of Grancy are in the north of La Chaux ( Cossonay ), to the east Senarclens, in the southeast Vuillerens, southwest Cottens, to the west and northwest Pampigny Chavannes -le- Veyron.
Population
With 396 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Grancy is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 92.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.0 % and 1.5 % in English (as of 2000). The population of Grancy amounted in 1850 to 363 residents in 1900 to 296 inhabitants. After the population had decreased to 1970 to 226 people, a significant population increase was observed again.
Economy
Grancy was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing, animal husbandry and forestry play an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Saint- Denis were since the end of the 17th century, two mills, which took advantage of the water power of the Veyron. The last was abandoned until 1967. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work primarily in the greater Lausanne area.
Traffic
The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Cossonay to Aubonne. By Postbus course, which runs from Morges via Cottens to Cossonay, Grancy is connected to the public transport network.
History
The municipal area of Grancy remains of a Roman villa were discovered, which was probably also inhabited during the Burgundian period. Nearby was a Burgundian burial ground. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1202 under the name Grantie. 1219 appeared the name Grancie and 1572 Grancier.
Grancy belonged since the Middle Ages to the rule Cossonay, after 1677 it became a separate rule. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick of Morges. After the collapse of the ancien régime Grancy belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the District Cossonay.
Attractions
The Protestant parish church was built in 1764-1770 on the foundations of a previous medieval building. In the 17th century, the present castle was built, the community house dates from 1754th In the old town several characteristic farmhouses dating from the 16th to 18th centuries have been preserved.