Haut-Vully

Haut-Vully is a former municipality in the district of See 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.

History

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

Geography

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.