Geography
The district has an area, as of 1997, of 211.88 square kilometers (81.81 sq mi). Of this area, 27.98 km2 (10.80 sq mi) or 13.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 145.46 km2 (56.16 sq mi) or 68.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.51 km2 (6.76 sq mi) or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi) or 1.5% is either rivers or lakes and 15.4 km2 (5.9 sq mi) or 7.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 59.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.5% is used for growing crops, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the district is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 5.2% is unproductive vegetation and 2.1% is too rocky for vegetation.
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