Grancy

Grancy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

History

Grancy is first mentioned in 1141 as Granci. In 1202 it was mentioned as Grantie.

Geography

Grancy has an area, as of 2009, of 5.69 square kilometers (2.20 sq mi). Of this area, 3.87 km² (1.49 sq mi) or 68.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.5 km² (0.58 sq mi) or 26.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 24.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.1% is used for growing crops and 7.6% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.