Jaun

Jaun village

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Jaun

Location of Jaun

Coordinates: 46°37′N 7°16′E / 46.617°N 7.267°ECoordinates: 46°37′N 7°16′E / 46.617°N 7.267°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic

Area

• Total

55.21 km² (21.32 sq mi)

Elevation

1,015 m (3,330 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

662

• Density

12/km² (31/sq mi)

Postal code

1656

SFOS number

2138

Surrounded by

Charmey, Plaffeien, Saanen (BE), Boltigen (BE)

Website

www.jaun.ch
SFSO statistics

Jaun (French: Bellegarde) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is the only German-speaking municipality in Gruyère.

Jaun is first mentioned in 1228 as Balavarda. In 1397 it was mentioned as Youn.

Jaun has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 55.2 square kilometers (21.3 sq mi). Of this area, 23.47 km² (9.06 sq mi) or 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.46 km² (8.29 sq mi) or 38.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 8.91 km² (3.44 sq mi) or 16.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 33.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.3% is pastures and 37.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 10.9% is unproductive vegetation and 5.2% is too rocky for vegetation.

The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, in the Jaun pass at an elevation of 1,027 m (3,369 ft). It consists of the linear village of Jaun and the hamlets of Im Fang (French: La Villette), Kappelboden, Weibelsried, Zur Eich and a number of scattered farm houses.

The Jaun Pass connects it with Boltigen in the canton of Bern.

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