Hauterive, Fribourg
municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Hauterive (French pronunciation: [otʁiv] ; Arpitan: Hôtariva) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created from the union in 2001 of the villages of Posieux (French: [pɔzjø]; Arpitan: Posiôls [pɔˈʒy] ) and Ecuvillens (French: [ekyvijɑ̃s]; Arpitan: Ecuvilyens [ekyviˈjɛ̃] ).
History
Its Cistercian abbey was founded in 1138, closing its doors in 1848 following the Sonderbund War, but was to reopen in 1939.
Geography
Hauterive has an area, as of 2009, of 11.9 square kilometers (4.6 mi2). Of this area, 6.26 km2 (2.42 mi2) or 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.6 km2 (1.4 mi2) or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.86 km2 (0.72 mi2) or 15.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.19 km2 (0.073 mi2) or 1.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 34.6% is used for growing crops and 17.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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