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Jaun (french: Bellegarde; frp, Bèlagouàrda ) is a
Jaun has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 16.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 33.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.3% is pastures and 37.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 10.9% is unproductive vegetation and 5.2% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, in the
municipality
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in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg
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() or , ; or , ; gsw, label=Swiss German, Frybùrg ; it, Friburgo or ; rm, Friburg. is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), ...
in Switzerland. It is the only German
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-speaking municipality in Gruyère.
History
Jaun is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Balavarda''. In 1397 it was mentioned as ''Youn''.Geography
Jaun has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 16.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 33.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.3% is pastures and 37.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 10.9% is unproductive vegetation and 5.2% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, in the
Jaun pass
Jaun Pass (German: ''Jaunpass'', French: ''col de Bellegarde'') is a high mountain pass (el. 1509 m.) in the Swiss Alps linking Charmey and Jaun in the canton of Fribourg with Reidenbach (part of the municipality of Boltigen) in the canton of ...
at an elevation of . It consists of the linear village
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