Épalinges

Épalinges has an area, as of 2009, of 4.57 square kilometres . Of this area, 0.86 km2 or 18.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.17 km2 or 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.59 km2 or 56.7% is settled .
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 42.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 24.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.7% is used for growing crops and 6.8% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.

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