Le Lieu - Geography

Geography

Le Lieu has an area, as of 2009, of 32.55 square kilometers (12.57 sq mi). Of this area, 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) or 34.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.5 km2 (7.5 sq mi) or 59.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi) or 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 1.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 56.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures and 22.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality was part of the La Vallée District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Le Lieu became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

The municipality is located on the eastern shore of Lac de Joux. It consists of the villages of Le Lieu, Les Charbonnières and Le Séchey as well as multiple hamlets.