page_title: Gryon
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Gryon / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Chalet Martin in Gryon, Switzerland
context_page_description: Gryon is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.
context_section_description: Gryon has an area, as of 2009, of 15.22 square kilometers (5.88 sq mi).  Of this area, 4.31 km² (1.66 sq mi) or 28.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.96 km² (3.07 sq mi) or 52.3% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 1.71 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 11.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 1.19 km² (0.46 sq mi) or 7.8% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%.  Out of the forested land, 42.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 7.0% is pastures and 21.3% is used for alpine pastures.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.  Of the unproductive areas, 4.3% is unproductive vegetation and 3.5% is too rocky for vegetation.
  The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on a narrow terrace at an elevation of 1,110 m (3,640 ft) between the Gryonne and Avançon canyons.  To the east lie the hillside settlements of Les Chaux and La Barboleusaz (or Barboleuse).  In the north are forests and the alpine pasture of Taveyanne.  The western border with Bex was established in 1676.
caption: Chalets in Gryon
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