Bas-Intyamon | ||
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Landscape at Bas-Intyamon
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Coordinates: 46°34′N 7°5′E / 46.567°N 7.083°ECoordinates: 46°34′N 7°5′E / 46.567°N 7.083°E | ||
Country | Switzerland | |
Canton | Fribourg | |
District | Gruyère | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Syndic | |
Area | ||
• Total | 33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) | |
Population (Dec 2015) | ||
• Total | 1,291 | |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
Postal code | 1665-1667 | |
SFOS number | 2162 | |
Surrounded by | Charmey (Gruyère), Grandvillard, Gruyères, Haut-Intyamon | |
Website |
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Bas-Intyamon is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The villages of Enney, Estavannens and Villars-sous-Mont formed it.
Bas-Intyamon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 33.3 square kilometers (12.9 sq mi). Of this area, 16.22 km2 (6.26 sq mi) or 48.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.25 km2 (5.12 sq mi) or 39.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi) or 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) or 8.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 34.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.5% is used for growing crops and 10.3% is pastures and 37.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 4.7% is unproductive vegetation and 3.4% is too rocky for vegetation.
Bas-Intyamon has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 1,291. As of 2008[update], 11.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 17%. Migration accounted for 18.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.4%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (95.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (2.1%) and Albanian is the third (1.5%).