Haut-Vully, Switzerland

Geschichte

Haut-Vully is a former municipality in the district of See/Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Until 1977, it was officially known as Vully-Le-Haut. Its German name of Oberwistenlach is now little used. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged to form Mont-Vully.HistoryHaut-Vully is first mentioned around 968-85 as Vuisliacense. In 1453 it was mentioned as Vuilliez.GeographyHaut-Vully had an area, of 7.6km2. Of this area, 5.34km2 or 70.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1km2 or 13.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.99km2 or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.19km2 or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05km2 or 0.7% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. Out of the forested land, 11.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.7% is used for growing crops and 6.9% is pastures, while 8.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The former municipality is located in the See/Lac district, on the south-west flank of Mont Vully. The northern edge of the municipal area is the Broye river at Lake Neuchatel. It consists of the villages of Môtier, Lugnorre, Joressant and Mur along with the hamlet of Guévaux.