Geography Le Chenit

col du marchairuz pass in le chenit

le chenit has area, of 2009, of 99.25 square kilometers (38.32 sq mi). of area, 28.48 km (11.00 sq mi) or 28.7% used agricultural purposes, while 65.87 km (25.43 sq mi) or 66.4% forested. of rest of land, 3.06 km (1.18 sq mi) or 3.1% settled (buildings or roads), 0.19 km (0.073 sq mi) or 0.2% either rivers or lakes , 1.64 km (0.63 sq mi) or 1.7% unproductive land.

of built area, housing , buildings made 1.5% , transportation infrastructure made 1.1%. out of forested land, 62.2% of total land area heavily forested , 4.1% covered orchards or small clusters of trees. of agricultural land, 0.0% used growing crops , 8.8% pastures , 19.9% used alpine pastures. water in municipality flowing water.

the municipality part of la vallée district until dissolved on 31 august 2006, , le chenit became part of new district of jura-nord vaudois.

it located in heart of la vallée in jura on french-swiss border. largest municipality in upper vallée de joux. consists of villages of le brassus, le sentier , l orient numerous hamlets. there no settlement name le chenit within municipality of le chenit.