Bösingen, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 46°54′N 7°14′E / 46.900°N 7.233°ECoordinates: 46°54′N 7°14′E / 46.900°N 7.233°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Sense | |
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| • Mayor | Gemeindeammann | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 14.34 km2 (5.54 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 3,381 | |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3178 | |
| SFOS number | 2295 | |
| Surrounded by | Düdingen, Kleinbösingen, Kriechenwil (BE), Laupen (BE), Neuenegg (BE), Schmitten, Wünnewil-Flamatt | |
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Bösingen (French: Basens, Arpitan: 
Bésin ) is a municipality in the district of Sense 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.
Bösingen is first mentioned in 1228 as Basens. The municipality was formerly known by its French name Bésingue, however, that name is no longer used. Between 1953–62 it was known as Grossbösingen.
Bösingen has an area of 14.34 km2 (5.54 sq mi). Of this area, 10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi) or 75.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.11 km2 (0.81 sq mi) or 14.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 13.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 53.7% is used for growing crops and 20.2% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Sense district. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Bösingen and the widely scattered hamlets of Fendringen, Friseneit, Grenchen, Litzistorf, Niederbösingen, Noflen, Lischera, Richterwil, Riederberg, Uttiwil and Vogelshus.
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