Grandson, Switzerland

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Grandson
Canton	Vaud
District	Grandson
Coordinates	46°49′N, 06°39′E
Population	2719 (2003)
Area	7.89 km²
Elevation	447 m
Postal code	1422
SFOS number	5561
Website	www.grandson.ch
Localities	Corcelettes, Les Tuileries-de-Grandson, Péroset, La Poissine, Bru, La Perraudettaz
Surrounded by	Champagne, Bonvillars, Montagny-près-Yverdon, Valeyres-sous-Montagny, Giez, Fiez
Demonym	Les Grandsonnois Les Bocans
Grandson

Grandson is a municipality in the district of Grandson in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Castle of Grandson

During the Burgundian Wars, Charles the Bold was defeated here in the Battle of Grandson on 2 March 1476.

[edit] Geography

Grandson lies at an elevation of 447 m. 3 km north of Yverdon-les-Bains. The town is built on moraines on the west side of the Lake of Neuchâtel near where the Gransonnet brook flows into the lake. It is at the foot of the Jura Mountains in the northern-central part of the canton of Vaud.

The territory of the municipality rises quite steeply from the shores of the lake to about 500 m. on the plateau. Là Outre is the highest point in the municipality at an elevation of 540 m.

The Arnon forms the northern boundary. In the southwest, it reaches to where the Brine flows into the lake. In 1997, 18 percent of the territory of the municipality was residential, 11 percent forested, 69 percent agricultural, and 2 percent unproductive land.

Grandson includes the villages of Les Tuileries-de-Grandson and Corcelettes. The surrounding municipalities are Montagny-près-Yverdon, Valeyres-sous-Montagny, Giez, Fiez, Champagne, and Bonvillars.