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Ménières
Ménières (; ) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. History Ménières is first mentioned in 1228 as ''hospitale de Meinires''. Geography Ménières has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broye (district)
Broye District (; ; ) 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). *On 1 January 2004 the former municipalities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fétigny, Switzerland
Fétigny (; ) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. History Fétigny is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Festignei''. Geography Fétigny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 76.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 7.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granges-près-Marnand
Granges-près-Marnand is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cerniaz, Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Granges-près-Marnand is first mentioned in 881 as ''in fine Graniacense''. In 1228 it was mentioned as ''Granges''. The current name was adopted in 1952.Geography Granges-près-Marnand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.7% is used for agricultural purpose ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Montets
Les Montets is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was created through the merger of Aumont, Frasses, Granges-de-Vesin and Montet.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Retrieved 19 July 2011 History Les Montets was created in 2004.Geography Les Montets has an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sassel
Sassel is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The villages of Cerniaz (VD), Combremont-le-Grand, Combremont-le-Petit, Granges-près-Marnand, Marnand, Sassel, Seigneux and Villars-Bramard merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Valbroye.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Sassel is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Sases''.Geography Sassel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cugy, Fribourg
Cugy (; , locally ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Broye (district), Broye in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2005 Cugy incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Vesin.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz . Retrieved 4 April 2011 History Cugy is first mentioned around 968-85 as ''Cuzziaco''.Geography Cugy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
