Leytron

Leytron is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Leytron is first mentioned in 1219 as Leitrun. Leytron has an area, as of 2009, of 26.9 square kilometers (10.4 mi). Of this area, 7.27 km (2.81 mi) or 27.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.09 km (3.12 mi) or 30.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.68 km (0.65 mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km (37 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 9.73 km (3.76 mi) or 36.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.4% is used for growing crops and 1.8% is pastures, while 11.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 13.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 12.0% is unproductive vegetation and 24.2% is too rocky for vegetation.