Lake District (Freiburg)

Lake district
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Freiburg (FR)
Main town :	Murten
FSO number :	1005
Area :	144.83  km²
Height range :	422–671 m above sea level M.
Residents:	36,800 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	254 inhabitants per km²
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The lake district ( French District du Lac ) is one of the seven districts of the Swiss canton of Friborg . It is made up of the predominantly Protestant Murten region and the Catholic communities in the Upper Lake District.

The official languages are German and French.

17 municipalities belong to the lake district:
As of January 1, 2017

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Courgevaux (Gurwolf)	1420	3.38	420
	Courtepin	5454	21.87	249
	Cressier (FR)	1002	4.17	240
	Fräschels	464	3.11	149
	Galmiz	679	9.04	75
	Gempenach	289	1.67	173
	Greng	174	0.96	181
	Gurmels	4352	17.34	251
	Kerzers	4970	12.28	405
	Kleinbösingen	693	3.02	229
	Meyriez (Merlach)	565	0.34	1662
	Misery Courtion	2044	11.38	180
	Mont-Vully	3819	17.51	218
	Muntelier	972	1.10	884
	Murten	8279	24.70	335
	Ried near Kerzers	1183	7.55	157
	Ulmiz	441	2.84	155
Total (17)		36,800	144.83	254

The area of ​​the lake district encloses the two Bernese enclaves Münchenwiler and Clavaleyres and with Wallenbuch (part of the municipality of Gurmels ) has an exclave in the canton of Bern .

An area of ​​2.56 km² in the Galm state forest is not assigned to any municipality and is subject to the direct sovereignty of the canton.

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1901

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  Municipalities until 1910

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  Municipalities until 1973

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  Municipalities until 1974

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  Municipalities until 1976

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  Municipalities until 1977

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  Municipalities until 1982

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  Municipalities until 1990

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  Municipalities until 1996

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  Municipalities until 1999

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  Municipalities until 2002

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  Municipalities until 2004

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  Municipalities until 2005

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  Municipalities until 2012

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  Municipalities until 2015

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  Municipalities until 2016

• 1902: Change of name from Oberried (See) → Ried

• 1911: Change of name from Ried → Ried bei Kerzers

• 1974: Merger of Courlevon and Coussiberlé → Courlevon

• 1975: Fusion of Burg and Murten → Murten

• 1977: Change of name from Vully-le-Bas → Bas-Vully
• 1977: Name change from Vully-le-Haut → Haut-Vully

• 1978: Merger of Grossgurmels and Monterschu → Gurmels
• 1978: Merger of Grossguschelmuth and Kleinguschelmuth → Guschelmuth

• 1983: Merger of Chandossel and Villarepos → Villarepos

• 1991: Merger Altavilla and Murten → Murten

• 1997: Merger of Cormérod , Cournillens , Courtion and Misery → Misery-Courtion

• 2000: Fusion of Gurmels and Kleingurmels → Gurmels

• 2003: Fusion of Gurmels , Guschelmuth , Liebistorf and Wallenbuch → Gurmels
• 2003: Courtaman and Courtepin → Courtepin merger

• 2005: Fusion of Cordast and Gurmels → Gurmels

• 2006: Merger of Agriswil and Ried bei Kerzers → Ried bei Kerzers

• 2013: Fusion of Büchslen and Murten → Murten

• 2016: Merger of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully → Mont-Vully
• 2016: Fusion of Courlevon , Jeuss , Lurtigen , Salvenach and Murten → Murten

• 2017: Fusion of Barberêche , Courtepin , Villarepos and Wallenried → Courtepin

literature

• Hermann Schöpfer: See (FR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.