Courtepin

Geschichte

Courtepin is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 Barberêche, Villarepos and Wallenried merged into the extant municipality of Courtepin.HistoryCourtepin is first mentioned in 1259 as Courtipin. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Curtepy, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyAfter the 2017 merger Courtepin had an area of. Before the merger Courtepin had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 4.08km2. Of this area, about 46.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.5% is unproductive land. In the 2013/18 survey a total of 86ha or about 21.3% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 49ha over the 1981 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 1ha and is now about 1.24% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, 3ha is used for orchards and vineyards, 171ha is fields and grasslands. Since 1981 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 50ha. Rivers and lakes cover 4ha in the municipality.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 26.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 32.3% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.