Jaun

Geschichte

Jaun is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is the only German-speaking municipality in Gruyère.HistoryJaun is first mentioned in 1228 as Balavarda. In 1397 it was mentioned as Youn.GeographyJaun has an area, of 55.2km2. Of this area, 23.47km2 or 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.46km2 or 38.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.95km2 or 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.45km2 or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 8.91km2 or 16.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 33.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.3% is pastures and 37.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 10.9% is unproductive vegetation and 5.2% is too rocky for vegetation.The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, in the Jaun pass at an elevation of 1027m. It consists of the linear village of Jaun and the hamlets of Im Fang (La Villette), Kappelboden, Weibelsried, Zur Eich and a number of scattered farm houses.The Jaun Pass connects it with Boltigen in the canton of Bern.