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+---
+type: card
+title: "Area Card"
+sidebar_label: Area
+description: "The Area card gives control of your entities in a specified area."
+---
+
+The Area card lets you control and monitor an individual area.
+
+
+
+ Screenshot of the Area card.
+
+
+
+To add the Area card to your user interface, click the Lovelace menu (three dots at the top right of the screen) and then **Edit Dashboard**. Click the "Add Card" button in the bottom right corner and select **Area** from the card picker. All options for this card can be configured via the user interface.
+
+Buttons will appear on the card for the entities in the area including fan, light and switch. A motion sensor icon will appear in the top left if a motion sensor is in the area and motion is detected by the motion sensor.
+
+If a camera is added to the area you can show the camera feed instead of the area pictue.
+
+{% configuration %}
+type:
+ required: true
+ description: "`area`"
+ type: string
+area:
+ required: true
+ description: ID of the `area`.
+ type: string
+show_camera:
+ required: false
+ description: Changes the area picture to a live feed of the camera set for the area.
+ type: boolean
+ default: false
+navigation_path:
+ required: false
+ description: link to Lovelace view. For more information about views, see the [view documentation](/lovelace/views/)
+ type: string
+theme:
+ required: false
+ description: Override the used theme for this card with any loaded theme. For more information about themes, see the [frontend documentation](/integrations/frontend/).
+ type: string
+{% endconfiguration %}
+
+## Example
+
+Alternatively, the card can be configured using YAML:
+
+Basic example:
+
+```yaml
+- type: area
+ area: bedroom
+```
+
+Complex example
+
+```yaml
+- type: area
+ area: bedroom
+ navigation_path: my_bedroom
+ show_camera:true
+ theme: green
+```