page_title: Veysonnaz
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Veysonnaz / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Alpenglühen im Wallis (Blick über Veysonnaz in Richtung Sierre) (Kanton Wallis, Schweiz), im Hintergrund das Bietschhorn
context_page_description: Veysonnaz is a municipality in the district of Sion in the Swiss canton of Valais.
context_section_description: Veysonnaz has an area, as of 2009, of 1.1 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 29.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 44.5% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.29 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.9% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.0%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area  Out of the forested land, 34.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 10.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 26.4% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.
caption: View of Veysonnaz in the evening. The Bietschhorn is in the background
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