Maracon

Maracon is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 2003 the former municipality of La Rogivue merged into the municipality of Maracon, keeping the name Maracon.

History

Maracon is first mentioned around 1201-50 as Montimarascon.

Geography

Maracon has an area, as of 2009, of 4.4 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 2.98 km² (1.15 sq mi) or 68.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.15 km² (37 acres) or 3.4% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 20.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 42.7% is used for growing crops and 24.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.