Gletterens

Geschichte

Gletterens is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.It is home to the Les Grèves prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.HistoryGletterens is first mentioned in 1239 as Lieterins.GeographyGletterens has an area, of 2.9km2. Of this area, 1.51km2 or 51.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.47km2 or 16.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59km2 or 20.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.36km2 or 12.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.8% is used for growing crops and 9.2% is pastures.The municipality is located Broyebez., abseits der grossen Verkehrsachsen am Neuenburgersee gelegen.. It consists of the village of Gletterens and the hamlets of Broyebez., abseits der grossen Verkehrsachsen am Neuenburgersee gelegen..Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Barry of six Or and Gules and on a Chief Argent fimbriated wavy Azure a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper in sinister.