page_title: Dizy, Switzerland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Dizy, Switzerland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Dizy, canton de Vaud, Suisse.
context_page_description: Dizy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
context_section_description: Dizy has an area, as of 2009, of 3.04 square kilometers (1.17 sq mi).  Of this area, 2.16 km² (0.83 sq mi) or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 23.4% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.23 km² (0.089 sq mi) or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads).
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.6% of the area  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 52.0% is used for growing crops and 18.1% is pastures.
  The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Dizy became part of the new district of Morges.
  The municipality is located on a hill between the Venoge and Veyron rivers.  It consists of the linear village of Dizy.
caption: Dizy village
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