Correvon

History

Correvon is first mentioned in 1166 as Correuont.

Geography

Correvon had an area, , of . Of this area, or 83.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 68.3% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures. The former municipality is located on a plateau between the Broye and Mentue rivers.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  7,022
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,768
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  6,106
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,876
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  3,287
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,110
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,873
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  2,722

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-09
  9 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 2.7 — 2022-08-23
  4 km S of Turtmann, Switzerland