Muntelier

Geschichte

Muntelier is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.HistoryMuntelier is first mentioned in 1270 as Es Montelliers.GeographyMuntelier has an area of. Of this area, 0.3km2 or 26.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.38km2 or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.41km2 or 36.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04km2 or 3.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.3%. Out of the forested land, 31.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.4% is used for growing crops and 3.5% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the See/Lac district. This former fishing village is now a commuter town and part of the agglomeration of Murten.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Bend sable a Pike proper.