Grand Marais, Seeland

Geography of Switzerland

Grand Marais (German: Grosses Moos) in Seeland is a region in Switzerland, at the foot of the first mountain range of the Jura Mountains contained by the three lakes of Morat (Murten), Neuchâtel and Bienne (Biel). Before the huge hydrological works Jura water correction, it was a marshland that covered 62.5 km2 (24.1 sq mi). Before the correction the entire Grand Marais, along with the whole of Seeland was prone to very severe recurring floods. After the Jura water correction, the former marshland has become very valuable agricultural land and made the whole area the most important region in Switzerland for growing vegetables. The main town and centre of vegetable trading is Müntschemier. There are two prisons with surrounding agricultural compounds: Bellechasse (Witzwil) and St. Johannsen.

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Grand Marais, Seeland
Chemin de la Forêt, Mont-Vully

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N 46.9775 °	E 7.11 °

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Chemin de la Forêt

Chemin de la Forêt
1786 Mont-Vully (Bas-Vully)
Fribourg, Switzerland
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Bas-Vully

Bas-Vully (Arpitan: Bâs-Vulyi) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged to form Mont-Vully.

Sugiez railway station

Sugiez railway station (German: Bahnhof Sugiez, French: Gare de Sugiez) is a railway station in the municipality of Mont-Vully, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins line of Transports publics Fribourgeois.

Mont Vully

Mont Vully (653 m; in German also known as Wistenlacherberg) is a hill of the Swiss Plateau, located between Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel in the canton of Fribourg, east of the border with the canton of Vaud. The south side, overlooking Murten and its lake, is covered by vineyards. The north side, overlooking Lake Neuchâtel, is mostly wooded.

Müntschemier

Müntschemier (French: Monsmier) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Ins, Switzerland

Ins (German: [ɪns]; French: Anet [anɛt]) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Ins railway station

Ins railway station (German: Bahnhof Ins) is a railway station in the municipality of Ins, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is located at the junction of standard gauge Bern–Neuchâtel line of BLS AG and the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins line of Swiss Federal Railways. Aare Seeland mobil also serves the station on its 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Biel–Täuffelen–Ins line.

Müntschemier railway station

Müntschemier railway station (German: Bahnhof Müntschemier) is a railway station in the municipality of Müntschemier, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Bern–Neuchâtel line of BLS AG.

Haut-Vully

Haut-Vully (Arpitan: Hiôt-Vulyi) 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 former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged to form Mont-Vully.

Mont-Vully

Mont-Vully (French: [mɔ̃ vyji]; Arpitan: Mont-Vulyi) is a municipality in the district of See in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2016 when the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged.

Muntelier

Muntelier (French name: Montilier; Arpitan: Monteliér [mɔ̃tiˈʎi] ) is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Battle of Morat

The Battle of Morat was a battle in the Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army at Morat (Murten), about 30 kilometres from Bern. The result was a crushing defeat for the Burgundians at the hands of the Swiss.

Brüttelen

Brüttelen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.