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Lake Of Gruyère
Lake of Gruyère (french: Lac de la Gruyère; german: Lac de la Gruyère or ) is an artificial lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir was formed between the cities of Bulle and Fribourg, by building the Rossens Dam on the Saane/Sarine, Sarine river in 1948. The arch dam has a height of 83 m and a crest length of 320 m. The reservoir filled in about four months after completion. The dam is operated by the Groupe E SA. The remains of the castle of Pont (or Pont-en-Ogoz) and a chapel are located on the Ile d'Ogoz, one of the five islets in the lake. The "Viaduc du Lac de Gruyère" of the A12 (Switzerland), A12 motorway was built in the 1970s. The bridge has a total length of 2043 m and crosses three valleys, including two arms of the lake. See also *List of lakes of Switzerland External links *Swissdams: Rossens* * Dams in Switzerland, Gruyere Reservoirs in Switzerland, Gruyere Lakes of the canton of Fribourg, Gruyere Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, through excavation, or building any number of retaining walls or levees. In other contexts, "reservoirs" may refer to storage spaces for various fluids; they may hold liquids or gasses, including hydrocarbons. ''Tank reservoirs'' store these in ground-level, elevated, or buried tanks. Tank reservoirs for water are also called cisterns. Most underground reservoirs are used to store liquids, principally either water or petroleum. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villarbeney
Botterens ( frp, Boterens, locally ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Botterens is first mentioned in 1227 as ''Botterens''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Botteringen'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Botterens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 35.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 54.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.7% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villarvolard
Villarvolard ( frp, Velâr-Volârd) is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gruyère (district), Gruyère in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 it was merged with the municipality of Corbières, Gruyère, Corbières. References Municipalities of the canton of Fribourg {{Fribourg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbières, Gruyère
Corbières (; frp, Corbiéres ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 the former municipality of Villarvolard merged into the municipality of Corbières.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 History Corbières is first mentioned around 1115 as ''Corbere''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Korbers'', however, that name is no longer used.Geography Corbières has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauteville, Fribourg
Hauteville (; frp, Hôtavela ) is a municipality within the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Hauteville is first mentioned in 1148 as ''apud Altam villam''. In 1227 it was mentioned as ''Jocelnus de Altaville''. Geography Hauteville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 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 ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roche, Fribourg
La Roche (, ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History La Roche is first mentioned in 1134 as ''de Rocha''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Zurflüh'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography La Roche has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 43.9% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont-la-Ville, Switzerland
Pont-la-Ville ( frp, Pont-la-Vela ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Pont-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Pont la vila''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Ponnendorf'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Pont-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 66.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. while parks, green belts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morlon
Morlon (, ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Morlon is first mentioned in 1038 as ''Mollon''. It was first mentioned as Morlon in 1500. Geography Morlon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 15.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echarlens
Echarlens (; frp, Echàrlens, locally ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Echarlens is first mentioned in 855 as ''Escarlingus'' or ''Escarlinges''. Geography Echarlens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 11.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
