page_title: Grandson, Switzerland
section_title: Modern municipality
hierarchical_section_title: Grandson, Switzerland / History / Modern municipality
caption_attribution_description: English: Pier of Grandson; Vaud, Switzerland. Deutsch: Landungsbrücke von Grandson; Waadt, Schweiz.
context_page_description: Grandson is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is situated on the south-west tip of Lake Neuchâtel, about 25 km north of Lausanne.
  It was part of the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy until the death of
  Rudolph III of Burgundy, also King of Lower Burgundy, the last in the male line, when it was united with the Holy Roman Empire. On 2 March 1476, during the Burgundian Wars, Charles the Bold was defeated here in the Battle of Grandson.
context_section_description: The modern municipality was established in 1798, as administrative center of Grandson District. It was part of the canton of Léman until 1803.
  In the 19th century major construction projects changed the town and the immediate surroundings.  In 1819, the Franciscan church and the cemetery were moved to Les Collombaires to allow an extension of the Rue Basse to the main road.  In 1890 the foundations of the church were destroyed to allow the creation of a plaza in front of city hall.  In 1858, the city was separated from the lake by a dam which was built for the Yverdon-Biel railway line.  The lake's water level fell in 1879 with the Jura water correction.  The medieval harbor at the west entrance to the town, no longer connected to the lake.  At the end of the 19th century, new docks were built along with magnificent houses on the new bank including the estate and astronomic observatory of the Vautier family.  The expansion of the main road and their connection with the surrounding road network led to the 1848-55 straightening and widening of the Rue Basse which forced about thirty houses to move back.  On the Palace Square, one of the most remarkable churches of the Evangelical Free Church of the Canton of Vaud was consecrated in 1898.
  The income of the residents of Grandson came from agriculture, particularly from livestock raising on slopes of the Jura Mountains, but also from fishing.  The wine production was widespread in the late 19th century but decreased significantly with the emergence of parasitic diseases.  The major industry in the 19th century was tobacco processing.  The main tobacco procession company was Vos, Decoppet. & Cie., which was headquartered in the castle.  In 1831, it was taken over by the H. Vautier & Cie. company.  The wealthy Vautier family were closely involved in local politics and between 1899 and 1914, they held the mayor's office.  Their factory at the west entrance of the city was closed in 1972.  In addition, there were various companies in the construction industry (Herren Frères & Cie., Beati Frères SA), Transport, Civil engineering (1896 Landi, 1920 Cand, merged in 1974 into Cand-Landi SA) and construction materials (Les Sables La Poissine Graviers & SA) in town.
  The automotive prototyping company Ateliers d'études de construction automobile Sàrl is headquartered in Grandson.
  Grandson was joined to the newly formed Jura-Nord vaudois District in 2006.
caption: Part of the harbor of Grandson
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