Estavayer-le-Lac

Estavayer-le-Lac [estavaje l lak] is a former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac. On 1 January 2017 Bussy, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.

Estavayer-le-Lac has an area, as of 2009, of 6.4 square kilometers . Of this area, 3.57 km2 or 55.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.39 km2 or 6.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.14 km2 or 33.5% is settled , 0.02 km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.3 km2 or 4.7% is unproductive land. Following the 2012 merger of Font, the total area increased to 8.9 square kilometers .

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