Le Mouret

Le Mouret has an area, as of 2009, of 18.5 square kilometers (7.1 mi). Of this area, 8.95 km (3.46 mi) or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.84 km (3.03 mi) or 42.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.61 km (0.62 mi) or 8.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km (12 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 40.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.5% is used for growing crops and 30.4% is pastures and 3.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Le Mouret has a population (as of December 2020) of 3,148.