gistfile1.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from shapely.geometry import Polygon

polygon = Polygon([(0, 0), (1, 1), (1, 0)])

#print polygon.bounds

print "Areal før buffer: " , polygon.area
polygon2 = polygon.buffer(10)
print "Areal etter buffer: " , polygon2.area

print "Intersects: ", polygon2.intersects(polygon)
print "Intersects: ", polygon.within(polygon2)