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Haut-Vully

Haut-Vully
Former municipality of Switzerland
Municipal administration building
Municipal administration building
Coat of arms of Haut-Vully
Coat of arms
Haut-Vully is located in Switzerland
Haut-Vully
Haut-Vully
Haut-Vully is located in Canton of Fribourg
Haut-Vully
Haut-Vully
Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°5′E / 46.950°N 7.083°E / 46.950; 7.083Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°5′E / 46.950°N 7.083°E / 46.950; 7.083
Country Switzerland
Canton Fribourg
District See/Lac
Government
 • Executive Conseil communal
with 7 members
 • Mayor Syndic
Area
 • Total 7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation 434 m (1,424 ft)
Population (December 2015)
 • Total 1,375
 • Density 180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Postal code 1787 Môtier
1789 Lugnorre
SFOS number 2281
Surrounded by Bas-Vully, Cudrefin (VD), Faoug (VD), Greng, Ins (BE), Meyriez, Mur (VD), Murten/Morat
Website mont-vully.ch
SFSO statistics

Haut-Vully is a former municipality in the district of See/Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Until 1977, it was officially known as Vully-Le-Haut. Its German name of Oberwistenlach is now little used. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged to form Mont-Vully.

Haut-Vully is first mentioned around 968-85 as Vuisliacense. In 1453 it was mentioned as Vuilliez.

Haut-Vully had an area, as of 2009, of 7.6 square kilometers (2.9 sq mi). Of this area, 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi) or 70.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi) or 13.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. Out of the forested land, 11.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 54.7% is used for growing crops and 6.9% is pastures, while 8.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The former municipality is located in the See/Lac district, on the south-west flank of Mont Vully. The northern edge of the municipal area is the Broye river at Lake Neuchatel. It consists of the villages of Môtier, Lugnorre, Joressant and Mur along with the hamlet of Guévaux.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in chief between two Keys Or in Saltire an Escutcheon Argent bordered Or five Fusils of the last


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