Font, Switzerland
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°49′E / 46.833°N 6.817°ECoordinates: 46°50′N 6°49′E / 46.833°N 6.817°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Broye | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 462 m (1,516 ft) | |
| Population (December 2015) | ||
| • Total | 359 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 1473 | |
| SFOS number | 2017 | |
| Surrounded by | Bollion, Châbles, Châtillon, Estavayer-le-Lac, Lully, Seiry, Vaumarcus (NE) | |
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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.
Font is first mentioned in 1011.
Font has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi). Of this area, 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi) or 52.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi) or 26.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) or 6.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.0%. Out of the forested land, 24.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 39.2% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located in the Broye district, in the Estavayer-le-Lac exclave. It lies on the southern shore area of Lake Neuchâtel, and borders the municipalities of Châtillon coming from center onto the west, Châbles to the west, Estavayer-le-Lac to the east, and Lully to the south and southeast. The town's main road is the Yverdon-les-Bains Route and the A1 motorway which travels south of the city through Châtillon.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Mullet Argent pierced.
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