Düdingen

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Düdingen

Location of Düdingen

Coordinates: 46°51′N 7°11′E / 46.850°N 7.183°ECoordinates: 46°51′N 7°11′E / 46.850°N 7.183°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gemeindeammann

Area

• Total

30.78 km² (11.88 sq mi)

Elevation

596 m (1,955 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

7,794

• Density

250/km² (660/sq mi)

Postal code

3186

SFOS number

2293

Surrounded by

Barberêche, Bösingen, Fribourg (Freiburg im Üechtland/Fribourg), Granges-Paccot, Gurmels, Kleinbösingen, La Sonnaz, Schmitten, Tafers

Website

www.duedingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Düdingen (French: Guin, Arpitan: Dyin ) 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.

Düdingen is first mentioned in 1180 as Doens. In 1258 it was mentioned as Tiudingen and in 1414 as Dyung.

Düdingen has an area of 30.78 km² (11.88 sq mi). Of this area, 20.78 km² (8.02 sq mi) or 67.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.08 km² (1.58 sq mi) or 13.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.83 km² (1.48 sq mi) or 12.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.95 km² (0.75 sq mi) or 6.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.18 km² (0.069 sq mi) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%. Out of the forested land, 12.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.9% is used for growing crops and 16.3% is pastures, while 2.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality is located in the Sense district, north of Fribourg. It is the municipality with the biggest population of the Sense district. It consists of a number of hamlets including Mariahilf, Schiffenen, Bonn, Sankt Wolfgang, Ottisberg, Garmiswil, Jetschwil, Heitiwil and Galmis.

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