Hauteville (Fribourg)

Geschichte

Hauteville is a municipality within the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryHauteville is first mentioned in 1148 as apud Altam villam. In 1227 it was mentioned as Jocelnus de Altaville.GeographyHauteville has an area, of 10.5km2. Of this area, 5.37km2 or 51.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.6km2 or 43.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5km2 or 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 39.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.8% is pastures and 23.2% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.2% is in rivers and streams.The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, on the eastern shore of Lake of Gruyère. It consists of the village of Hauteville and the hamlets of Impart, Le Ru and Longemort.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a bend Argent overall a Palm Branch Vert in pale.DemographicsHauteville has a population of., 9.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 23.7%. Migration accounted for 15.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 10.3%.