page_title: Ollon
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ollon / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Miroir d'Argentine sur la commune de Bex, accessible depuis La Barboleusaz (Gryon), VD, Switzerland
context_page_description: Ollon is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, sited in the foothills of the mountains to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva. The old German language name Olun is no longer used.
context_section_description: Ollon has an area, as of 2009, of 59.54 square kilometers (22.99 sq mi).  Of this area, 23.86 km² (9.21 sq mi) or 40.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.11 km² (10.47 sq mi) or 45.5% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 6.3 km² (2.4 sq mi) or 10.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.55 km² (0.21 sq mi) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 1.68 km² (0.65 sq mi) or 2.8% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%.  Out of the forested land, 38.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 11.1% is used for growing crops and 8.5% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops and 17.7% is used for alpine pastures.  Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.6% is in rivers and streams.
  The municipality is located in the Aigle district.  The area covered by Ollon borders the Rhône on the southwest side, and rises up the mountainside as far as Chamossaire.   Ollon includes 123 hectares (300 acres) of vineyards.  It is one of the largest municipalities in the canton.  It consists of the village of Ollon and 23 other villages and hamlets (including; Antagnes, Arveyes, Chesières, Huémoz, Panex, Saint-Triphon, Villars-sur-Ollon) as well as scattered summer grazing camps (Bretaye, Les Closalets, La Barboleusaz).
caption: Mountains near Villar-sur-Ollon
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