page_title: Gland, Switzerland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Gland, Switzerland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: fr:Gland (Vaud) vu de fr:La Barillette&#160;; auteur&#160;: fr:Utilisateur:Marc Mongenet date&#160;: fr:13 septembre fr:2004
context_page_description: Gland is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city also is home to the IUCN and WWF headquarters.
context_section_description: Gland has an area, as of 2009, of 8.3 square kilometers (3.2 sq mi).  Of this area, 3.81 km² (1.47 sq mi) or 45.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.22 km² (0.47 sq mi) or 14.7% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 3.33 km² (1.29 sq mi) or 40.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.
  Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.9%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 6.1%.  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 29.0% is used for growing crops and 5.0% is pastures, while 11.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
  The municipality was part of the Nyon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Gland became part of the new district of Nyon.
  The municipality is located between Lake Geneva and the Côte region.
caption: Gland and Lake Geneva
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