Mont-Vully (; ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of See in the

Canton of Fribourg The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in th ...

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. It was formed on 1 January 2016 when the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and

Haut-Vully Haut-Vully () is a former municipality in the district of See/Lac 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 fo ...

merged.

History

Haut-Vully is first mentioned around 968-85 as ''Vuisliacense''. In 1453 it was mentioned as ''Vuilliez''. Bas-Vully is first mentioned in 968 as ''Williacense''. Until 1831 it was known as ''vor Commune générale des quatre villages de La Rivière''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Unterwistenlach''; however, that name is no longer used.

Geography

Mont-Vully has an area of .

Demographics

Mont-Vully has a population () of .

Heritage sites of national significance

The House De W. J. Merz, the Gatschet House, the Les Rondas House, the De Steiger House, the d’Erlach-Velga House, the de Wattenwyl House and the

oppidum An ''oppidum'' (: ''oppida'') is a large fortified Iron Age Europe, Iron Age settlement or town. ''Oppida'' are primarily associated with the Celts, Celtic late La Tène culture, emerging during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, spread acros ...

of Mont Vully are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire villages of Môtier and of Praz are part of the

Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on t ...

. File:Gatschet Môtier Jul 2011.jpg, Gatschet House File:Les Rondas Haut Vully Jul 2011.jpg, Les Rondas House File:Steiger_House_Praz_Aug_2011.jpg, De Steiger House File:Erlach_Velga_House_Praz_Aug_2011.JPG, d’Erlach-Velga House File:Wattenwyl_Bas_Vully_Jul_2011.jpg, de Wattenwyl House File:Mont_Vully_Helvetian_Fortification_Aug_2011.jpg, Mont Vully

World heritage site

It is home to the Môtier I prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

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.UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
/ref> The Môtier I site has been only lightly studied. It appears to be the site of a

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

settlement, based on the discovery of stone axes, but has not been more exactly dated. The site was discovered in 1860 by Colonel Schwab and may have contained decaying wooden piles during the 19th century. A small expedition in 2003 found a thick layer of artifacts. The settlement layer is buried under of earth and stretches over an area that is long and wide. The entire site is currently located on dry land and is covered by earth.palafittes.org UNESCO nomination files-Volume I: Id-files of the component parts of the serial, Sites Switzerland (2)
accessed 14-December-2011

Transportation

The municipality has a railway station, , on the Fribourg–Ins line. It has regular service to , , and .

References

External links

Official website
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