Haut-Intyamon

Geschichte

High-Intyamon is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipalities of Albeuve, Lessoc, Montbovon and Neirivue formed it on 1 January 2002.GeographyHaut-Intyamon has an area, of 60.5km2. Of this area, 29.85km2 or 49.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.91km2 or 37.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.49km2 or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.49km2 or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 5.73km2 or 9.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 33.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.7% is pastures and 38.5% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.4% is in lakes and 0.4% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 6.7% is unproductive vegetation and 2.7% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality is located in the upper Intyamon valley, and the Lake Lessoc storage tank on the Saan river is located in the municipality.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bend wavy per bend wavy Sable and Argent and overall a Crane Argent on a Rock Vert.