Muntelier

Muntelier (French name: Montilier) is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

History

Muntelier is first mentioned in 1270 as Es Montelliers.

Geography

Muntelier has an area of 1.13 km² (0.44 sq mi). Of this area, 0.3 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 26.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.38 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.41 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 36.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 3.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.3%. Out of the forested land, 31.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.4% is used for growing crops and 3.5% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.