page_title: Chardonne
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Chardonne / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kirche von Chardonne in der Schweiz. Im Hintergrund die Stadt Vevey.
context_page_description: Chardonne is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Chardonne has an area, as of 2009, of 10.3 square kilometers (4.0 sq mi).  Of this area, 4.84 km² (1.87 sq mi) or 46.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.82 km² (1.47 sq mi) or 37.0% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 1.59 km² (0.61 sq mi) or 15.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings make up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure makes up 5.1%.  Out of the forested land, 33.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 4.9% is used for growing crops and 29.0% is pastures, while 11.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.9% is used for alpine pastures.
  The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Chardonne became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut.
  The municipality is located between Lake Geneva and Mont Pèlerin.
caption: Chardonne church with Lake Geneva in the background
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