Estavayer-le-Lac

Geography

Estavayer-le-Lac has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 33.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 4.7% is unproductive land. Following the 2012 merger of Font, the total area increased to . Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 16.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.4%. Out of the forested land, 4.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.9% is used for growing crops and 8.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality is located in the Broye district, on the southern bank of Lake Neuchatel at an elevation of . It is a district capital and a regional administration and business center.