Editing Stansstad (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Stansstad mit Vierwaldstaettersee.JPG|thumb|left|Stansstad and [[Lake Lucerne]]]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Stansstad mit Brücke gegen den Lopperberg-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-001613.tif|thumb|Aerial view by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1919)]]
Stansstad has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of {{Swiss area|1510|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|1510|QUELLE}}  Of this area, about 32.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 2.4% is unproductive land.  In the 2004/09 survey a total of {{convert|80|ha|acre|abbr=on}} or about 8.8% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of {{convert|15|ha|acre|abbr=on}} over the 1981/82 amount.  Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by {{convert|1|ha|acre|abbr=on}} and is now about 0.99% of the total area.  Of the agricultural land, {{convert|10|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is used for orchards and vineyards and {{convert|307|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is fields and grasslands.  Since 1981/82 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by {{convert|24|ha|acre|abbr=on}}.  Rivers and lakes cover {{convert|9|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in the municipality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung.gnpdetail.2016-0436.html |title=Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen |date=24 November 2016 |website=www.landuse-stat.admin.ch |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=SFSO2016>[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.328115.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits] accessed 27 October 2016</ref>