Haut-Vully (Arpitan: Hiôt-Vulyi) is a former municipality in the district of See/Lac 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.
[2] Haut-Vully had an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.6 square kilometers (2.9 sq mi).
[3] The former municipality is located in the See/Lac district, on the south-west flank of Mont Vully.
The northern edge of the municipal area is the Broye river at Lake Neuchatel.
It consists of the villages of Môtier, Lugnorre, Joressant and Mur along with the hamlet of Guévaux.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, in chief between two Keys Or in Saltire an Escutcheon Argent bordered Or five Fusils of the last[4] Haut-Vully had a population (as of 2014[update]) of 1,397.
[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (615 or 58.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (385 or 36.5%) and Portuguese is the third (18 or 1.7%).
The entire village of Môtier is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
It appears to be the site of a Neolithic settlement, based on the discovery of stone axes, but has not been more exactly dated.
The site was discovered in 1860 by Colonel Schwab and may have contained decaying wooden piles during the 19th century.
In the tertiary sector; 18 or 16.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 7.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 35 or 32.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 4.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 8 or 7.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 4.6% were in education.
[6] From the 2000 census[update], 238 or 22.6% were Roman Catholic, while 642 or 60.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.
This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.
The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.
After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.