Font, Switzerland
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.
History
Font is first mentioned in 1011.
Geography
Font has an area, as of 2009, 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.
