Chavannes-des-Bois

Geography

Chavannes-des-Bois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 45.8% is used for growing crops and 2.8% is pastures, while 2.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.5% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located on the left bank of the Versoix on the borders with France and the Canton of Geneva.