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Vuarmarens
Former municipality of Switzerland
Vuarmarens village
Vuarmarens village
Coat of arms of Vuarmarens
Coat of arms
Vuarmarens is located in Switzerland
Vuarmarens
Vuarmarens
Vuarmarens is located in Canton of Fribourg
Vuarmarens
Vuarmarens
Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°50′E / 46.650°N 6.833°E / 46.650; 6.833Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°50′E / 46.650°N 6.833°E / 46.650; 6.833
Country Switzerland
Canton Fribourg
District Glâne
Area
 • Total 6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi)
Elevation 685 m (2,247 ft)
Population (December 2015)
 • Total 610
 • Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Postal code 1674
SFOS number 2112
Surrounded by Brenles (VD), Chavannes-sur-Moudon (VD), Esmonts, Montet (Glâne), Rue, Ursy
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SFSO statistics

Vuarmarens is a former municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006, Vuarmarens incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Esmonts. On 1 January 2012, the municipality of Vuarmarens merged into the municipality of Ursy.

Vuarmarens has an area, as of 2009, of 6 square kilometers (2.3 sq mi). Of this area, 3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi) or 66.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi) or 27.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 26.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.3% is used for growing crops and 26.7% is pastures.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Key upright Argent and on a Chief of the last a Cross bottony of the first. When Morlens merged into Vuarmarens, it retained Vuarmarens traditional coat of arms.

Vuarmarens had a population (as of December 2015) of 610. As of 2008, 4.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 22.6%. Migration accounted for 15%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (327 or 96.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (8 or 2.4%) and Portuguese is the third (2 or 0.6%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian.


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