Choulex
municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland
Choulex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Choulex is first mentioned in 1153 as Cholay.
Geography
Choulex has an area, as of 2009, of 3.91 square kilometers (1.51 sq mi). Of this area, 2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi) or 73.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 9.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi) or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.0% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 5.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 52.4% is used for growing crops and 12.5% is pastures, while 8.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located south of Lake Geneva.
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