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Veveyse
Veveyse District (german: Bezirk Vivisbach; french: District de la Veveyse ; frp, District de la Vevêse ) is one of seven districts in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). It takes its name from the river Veveyse which flows through the district. Municipalities It consists of the following municipalities: Coat of arms The blazon of the district coat of arms is ''Or, an Eagle displayed Sable.'' Demographics Veveyse has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (11,566 or 91.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (345 or 2.7%) and Portuguese is the third (306 or 2.4%). There are 86 people who speak Italian and 3 people who speak Romansh. , the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female. The population was made up of 6,393 Swiss men (41.1% of the population) and 1,358 (8.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 6,586 Swiss women (42.4%) and 1,203 (7.7%) non-Swiss women. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granges (Veveyse)
Granges (, ), officially referred to as ''Granges (Veveyse)'', is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Granges is first mentioned in 1134 as ''per campos Grangiarum''. Geography Granges has an area of . Of this area, or 69.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 18.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Flon
Le Flon is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created in 2004 through the merger of Bouloz, Pont (Veveyse) and Porsel.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 Geography Le Flon has an area of . Of this area, or 73.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land.2009 data accessed 25 March 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châtel-Saint-Denis
Châtel-Saint-Denis (; frp, Châtél, locally ''Tsathi'' , or ''Châtél-Sent-Denis'', locally ''Tsathi-Chin-Dèni'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and district capital of the district of Veveyse (district), Veveyse in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. Geography Châtel-Saint-Denis has an area of . Of this area, or 46.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 3.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attalens
Attalens (; frp, Atalens, locally or ''Talin'') is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Attalens is first mentioned in 867 as ''Haltningum''. Geography Attalens has an area of . Of this area, or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.8% of the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bossonnens
Bossonnens (; frp, Bossonens, locally ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Veveyse (district), Veveyse in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. History Bossonnens is first mentioned about 1000 as ''Bucenens''. Geography Bossonnens has an area of . Of this area, or 71.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Martin, Fribourg
Saint-Martin ( frp, Sent-Martin) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland. History Saint-Martin is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Sanctus Martinus''. Geography Saint-Martin has an area of . Of this area, or 77.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes, and or 0.7% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6%, and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 13.7% of the total land area is heavily forested, and 2.5% is covered with orchards or smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semsales
Semsales (; frp, Semsâles ) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Semsales is first mentioned about 1100 as ''septem salis''. Geography Semsales has an area of . Of this area, or 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 45.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small cluste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remaufens
Remaufens ( frp, Remofens ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Veveyse (district), Veveyse in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. History Remaufens is first mentioned about 1000 as ''Romulfens''. Geography Remaufens has an area of . Of this area, or 67.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 23.2% of the total land area is heavily fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Verrerie
La Verrerie (; frp, La Vèrriére is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2004 by the union of the municipalities of Le Crêt, Grattavache, and Progens.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 The municipality is administered from Le Crêt. Geography La Verrerie has an area of . Of this area, or 78.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg (french: Canton de Fribourg ; german: Kanton Freiburg ; frp, Canton de Fribôrg rm, Chantun Friburg it, Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in the canton. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg. History On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed. The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481. The area is made up of lands acquired by the capital Fribourg. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 (Sonderbund). The following year, its troops surrendered to the federal army. Geography The canton is bounded to the west by Lake Neuchâtel, to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
