Vaulruz

Geschichte

Vaulruz is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryVaulruz is first mentioned in 1115 as Valle Rodulphi. It was first mentioned at Vaulruz in 1303.GeographyVaulruz has an area, of 10.2km2. Of this area, 6.5km2 or 64.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.65km2 or 26.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9km2 or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.9%. Out of the forested land, 24.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.0% is used for growing crops and 48.8% is pastures and 4.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, on the Bulle-Châtel-Saint-Denis road. It consists of the village of Vaulruz and a number of hamlets.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Barrulet wavy Argent abased overall three Pine Trees Vert trunked proper issuant from Coupeaux of the third.DemographicsVaulruz has a population of., 7.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 15.4%. Migration accounted for 5.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 7.5%.