Isone

Geography

Isone has an area, , of . Of this area, or 4.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 64.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 10.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 53.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 9.4% is unproductive vegetation and 1.2% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Bellinzona district, in the upper Vedeggio Valley.