Villars-sous-Yens

Geography

Villars-sous-Yens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Out of the forested land, 13.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 59.2% is used for growing crops and 5.9% is pastures, while 11.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  8,437
• gray wolf

  Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  5,591
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,114
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,785
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,566
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,673
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,229
• Common Toad

  Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Amphibia
  3,205

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-10-05
  10 km SSW of Evolène, Switzerland