Grandevent

Grandevent
Coat of arms
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Location of Grandevent
Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°36′E / 46.833°N 6.600°E / 46.833; 6.600Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°36′E / 46.833°N 6.600°E / 46.833; 6.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord Vaudois
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	3.45 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Elevation	665 m (2,182 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	232
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Postal code	1421
SFOS number	5560
Surrounded by	Bullet, Fontaines-sur-Grandson, Novalles
Website	www.grandevent.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics

Grandevent is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Grandevent is first mentioned in the 16th Century as Grandevens.

Grandevent has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.45 square kilometers (1.33 sq mi). Of this area, 1.57 km² (0.61 sq mi) or 45.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.77 km² (0.68 sq mi) or 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.11 km² (27 acres) or 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 43.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 7.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.7% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops and 24.3% is used for alpine pastures.

The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Grandevent became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

The municipality is located on the edge of the Jura Mountains, 5 km (3.1 mi) from Grandson. It consists of the village of Grandevent, the hamlet of Vers-chez-Grison and the seasonal alpine camp of Le Grand-Brelingard.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Rooster Gules.

Grandevent has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 232. As of 2008^[update], 8.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 37.2%. It has changed at a rate of 35.8% due to migration and at a rate of 1.4% due to births and deaths.