Crissier

Crissier is a municipality in the district of Ouest Lausannois in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, and a suburb of Lausanne lying west of the city within its agglomeration. It is first mentioned in 1199 as Crissiaco and in 1228 as Crissie. The municipality covers about 5.51 square kilometres, with roughly a quarter used for agriculture and a quarter forested, and nearly half of it is settled land of buildings and roads. It belonged to the Lausanne District until that district was dissolved on 31 August 2006, after which Crissier became part of the new district of Ouest Lausannois. Its coat of arms shows two crossed rifles on a field divided in silver and red. About 8,727 people lived there in December 2020, and in 2008 some 42.9 percent of residents were foreign nationals, with French the most widely spoken language.