Ormont-Dessus

Ormont-Dessus is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Ormont-Dessus is first mentioned in 1200 as Ormont. The German name of Ormund is no longer used. Ormont-Dessus has an area, as of 2009, of 61.65 square kilometers (23.80 sq mi). Of this area, 20.67 km (7.98 sq mi) or 33.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.26 km (7.82 sq mi) or 32.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.21 km (0.85 sq mi) or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.38 km (0.15 sq mi) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 18.15 km (7.01 sq mi) or 29.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 6.5% is pastures and 27.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.