page_title: Estavayer-le-Lac
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Estavayer-le-Lac / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Esta, still image from a gopro video.
context_page_description: Estavayer-le-Lac is a former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye. The municipality of Font merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Estavayer-le-Lac. On 1 January 2017 Bussy, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.
context_section_description: Estavayer-le-Lac has an area, as of 2009, of 6.4 square kilometers (2.5 sq mi).  Of this area, 3.57 km² (1.38 sq mi) or 55.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.39 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 6.1% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 2.14 km² (0.83 sq mi) or 33.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.3 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 4.7% is unproductive land.  Following the 2012 merger of Font, the total area increased to 8.9 square kilometers (3.4 sq mi).
  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 430 to 460 meters (1,410 to 1,510 ft).  It is a district capital and a regional administration and business center.
caption: Aerial view of Estavayer-le-Lac
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