Veytaux

Veytaux (French pronunciation: [veto]) is a municipality in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The Château de Chillon across the Avenue de Chillon on Lake Geneva provides a view of the entire lake looking westward. Veytaux is first mentioned in 1332 as Veytour. Veytaux has an area, as of 2009, of 6.8 square kilometers (2.6 mi). Of this area, 0.98 km (0.38 mi) or 14.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5 km (1.9 mi) or 74.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.36 km (0.14 mi) or 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.38 km (0.15 mi) or 5.6% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 70.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is used for alpine pastures. Of the unproductive areas, 3.1% is unproductive vegetation and 2.5% is too rocky for vegetation.