Vétroz

Sister cities

• Beaumont-lès-Valence

Geography

Vétroz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 11.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 8.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 16.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.0% is used for growing crops and 3.3% is pastures, while 26.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 2.1% is unproductive vegetation and 9.4% is too rocky for vegetation.