Fresens

Coat of arms

Fresens

Location of Fresens

Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°45′E / 46.883°N 6.750°ECoordinates: 46°53′N 6°45′E / 46.883°N 6.750°E

Country

Area

• Total

1.58 km² (0.61 sq mi)

Elevation

620 m (2,030 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

222

• Density

140/km² (360/sq mi)

Postal code

2027

SFOS number

6409

Surrounded by

Montalchez, Mutrux (VD), Provence (VD), Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Vaumarcus

Website

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SFSO statistics

Fresens is a municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Fresens is first mentioned in 1265 as Hiremanz dit de Fressen.

Fresens has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 1.6 square kilometers (0.62 sq mi). Of this area, 1.32 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 83.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.12 km² (0.046 sq mi) or 7.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km² (37 acres) or 9.5% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 5.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 64.6% is used for growing crops and 13.3% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Boudry district.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent, a Rose counterchanged.

Fresens has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 222. As of 2008^[update], 2.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.6%. It has changed at a rate of 2.1% due to migration and at a rate of 7.4% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (206 or 94.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (8 or 3.7%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.5%).

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