Fräschels

Fräschels
Coat of arms
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Location of Fräschels
Coordinates: 47°0′N 7°12′E / 47.000°N 7.200°E / 47.000; 7.200Coordinates: 47°0′N 7°12′E / 47.000°N 7.200°E / 47.000; 7.200
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	See
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 5 members
• Mayor	Ammann
Area
• Total	3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Elevation	457 m (1,499 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	460
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal code	3284
SFOS number	2258
Surrounded by	Kallnach (BE), Kerzers, Niederried bei Kallnach (BE)
Website	www.fraeschels.ch SFSO statistics

Fräschels (French name: Frasses) is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Fräschels is first mentioned in 1225 as Frescin. In 1228 it was mentioned as Frasses in French.

Fräschels has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.1 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 2.24 km² (0.86 sq mi) or 71.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.54 km² (0.21 sq mi) or 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.33 km² (0.13 sq mi) or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 15.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 63.1% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures, while 2.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the See/Lac district. It is the northern most municipality in the canton and is 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Murten on the eastern edge of the Grosses Moos marshlands.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Mile-stone Sable masoned of the field between two Alders Vert all issuant from a base of the last.

Fräschels has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 460. As of 2008^[update], 7.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 1%. Migration accounted for 1.4%, while births and deaths accounted for -1%.