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Crassier
Summary
Crassier is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Crassier is first mentioned in 1123 as de Craceio.
Crassier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 8.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 62.6% is used for growing crops, while 4.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Crassier became part of the new district of Nyon.
The municipality is located near the French border on the Nyon-Divonne road.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Bar wavy Argent, overall two Keys saltirewise Or, in base a Coupeaux of the last.
Crassier has a population () of . , 27.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 50.9%. It has changed at a rate of 39.3% due to migration and at a rate of 13.7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (599 or 77.9%), with German being second most common (57 or 7.4%) and English being third (54 or 7.0%). There are 14 people who speak Italian.
The age distribution, , in Crassier is; 168 children or 16.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 144 teenagers or 14.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 70 people or 6.8% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 163 people or 15.9% are between 30 and 39, 203 people or 19.8% are between 40 and 49, and 106 people or 10.3% are between 50 and 59.
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