page_title: Mönchaltorf
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Mönchaltorf / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Uster (Riedikon) as seen from Uster castle, Möncaltorf in the background.
context_page_description: Mönchaltorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Mönchaltorf has an area of 7.6 km² (2.9 sq mi).  Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.2% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 15.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).  In 1996 housing and buildings made up 12.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.7%).  Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area.  As of 2007 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.
caption: Mönchaltorf as seen from Uster castle
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