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Estavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac (;Florence Cattin/Andres Kristol, ''Estavayer-le-Lac FR (La Broye)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, und Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, , S. 339–340. frp, Estavalyér-le-Lèc, locally ) is a former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz< ...
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Estavayer-le-Lac Vue Du Ciel
Estavayer-le-Lac (;Florence Cattin/Andres Kristol, ''Estavayer-le-Lac FR (La Broye)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, und Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, , S. 339–340. frp, Estavalyér-le-Lèc, locally ) is a former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz< ...
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Estavayer Lac
Estavayer () is a municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. It was created on 1 January 2017 when the former municipalities of Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged to form Estavayer. History Bussy Bussy is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Bussey''. Morens Morens is first mentioned in 1216 as ''Morens''. Murist Murist is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Muris''. Rueyres-les-Prés Rueyres-les-Prés is first mentioned in 1288 as ''en Ruere''. Vernay Vernay was created on 1 January 2006 from the merger of the municipalities of Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz. Geography Estavayer has an area, , of . Population The new municipality has a population () of . Historic Population The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0 ...
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Estavayer
Estavayer () is a municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. It was created on 1 January 2017 when the former municipalities of Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged to form Estavayer. History Bussy Bussy is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Bussey''. Morens Morens is first mentioned in 1216 as ''Morens''. Murist Murist is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Muris''. Rueyres-les-Prés Rueyres-les-Prés is first mentioned in 1288 as ''en Ruere''. Vernay Vernay was created on 1 January 2006 from the merger of the municipalities of Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz. Geography Estavayer has an area, , of . Population The new municipality has a population () of . Historic Population The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value: ...
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Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel (french: Lac de Neuchâtel ; frp, Lèc de Nôchâtél; german: Neuenburgersee) is a lake primarily in Romandy, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, Fribourg, and Bern. It comprises one of the lakes in the Three Lakes Region (French: ''Pays des Trois-Lacs'', German: ''Drei-Seen-Land''), along with lakes Biel/Bienne and Morat/Murten. With a surface of , Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake located entirely in Switzerland and the 59th largest lake in Europe. It is long and at its widest. Its surface is above sea level, and the maximum depth is . The total water volume is . The lake's drainage area is approximately and its culminating point is Le Chasseron at . In comparison to the Lake Geneva region, the Lake Neuchatel shoreline has experienced significant economic development with the completion of the regional motorway network. It is also known to have housed ...
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Broye (district)
Broye District (; frp, District de la Brouye ; german: Broyebezirk) is one of the seven districts of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, lying in the vicinity of Lake Neuchâtel. Its territory is non-contiguous and Broye is fragmented into four parts, three of which exist as exclaves from the canton of Fribourg. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Broye consists of the following municipalities, of which Estavayer is the capital: Mergers and name changes *On 1 January 1981 the former municipalities of La Vounaise and Montborget merged into the municipality of Murist. *In 1991 the former municipality Les Friques merged into the municipality Saint-Aubin. *On 31 December 1991 the former municipality of Franex merged into the municipality Murist. *In 1994 the former municipality Chandon merged into the municipality Léchelles *On 1 January 2000 the former municipalities of Montagny-la-Ville and Montagny-les-Monts merged to form the new municipality of Montagny (FR). ...
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Font, Switzerland
Font is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011


History

Font is first mentioned in 1011.


Geography

Font has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 6.4% is unproductive land.
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Vernay, Switzerland
Vernay () is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the merger of the municipalities of Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011
The administrative seat is in Forel. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Vernay, Bussy, ,



Montbrelloz
Vernay () is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the merger of the municipalities of Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011
The administrative seat is in Forel. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Vernay, Bussy, ,

Sévaz
Sévaz is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. History Sévaz is first mentioned in 1056 as ''Silva''. Geography Sévaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 86.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 2.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out ...
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Autavaux
Vernay () is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2006 from the merger of the municipalities of Autavaux, Forel and Montbrelloz.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011
The administrative seat is in Forel. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Vernay, Bussy, ,

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Canton Of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg (french: Canton de Fribourg ; german: Kanton Freiburg ; frp, Canton de Fribôrg rm, Chantun Friburg it, Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in the canton. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg. History On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed. The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481. The area is made up of lands acquired by the capital Fribourg. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 (Sonderbund). The following year, its troops surrendered to the federal army. Geography The canton is bounded to the west by Lake Neuchâtel, to the ...
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Lully, Fribourg
Lully () is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2006 Lully incorporated the formerly independent municipalities of Bollion and Seiry as a result of boundary changes by the cantonal authorities.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011


History

Lully is first mentioned in 1011 as ''in villa Lulliaco''.


Geography

Lully has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.
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