Tenero-Contra

Tenero-Contra has an area, as of 1997, of 3.69 square kilometers . Of this area, 1.01 km2 or 27.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.68 km2 or 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.33 km2 or 36.0% is settled , 0.07 km2 or 1.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07 km2 1.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 13.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 12.5%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.6% is used for growing crops, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 13.3% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 1.6% is in lakes and 0.3% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 1.4% is too rocky for vegetation.

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