Gressy

Gressy is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipality of Gressy merged on 1 July 2011 into the municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains.

History

Gressy is first mentioned in 1228 as Grissie.

Geography

Gressy has an area, as of 2009, of 2.2 square kilometers (0.85 sq mi). Of this area, 1.54 km² (0.59 sq mi) or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.37 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 16.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.31 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 13.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.9%. Out of the forested land, 14.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.7% is used for growing crops and 14.7% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.