La Sonnaz

La Sonnaz
Coat of arms
La Sonnaz
Location of La Sonnaz
Coordinates: 46°50′N 7°7′E / 46.833°N 7.117°E / 46.833; 7.117Coordinates: 46°50′N 7°7′E / 46.833°N 7.117°E / 46.833; 7.117
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Sarine
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,078
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Postal code	1782
SFOS number	2235
Surrounded by	Barberêche, Belfaux, Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Misery-Courtion
Website	www.lasonnaz.ch SFSO statistics

La Sonnaz is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 2004 through the merger of Cormagens, La Corbaz and Lossy-Formangueires. The municipal administration, the kindergarten and the primary school are in Lossy.

La Sonnaz has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.9 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi). Of this area, 4.58 km² (1.77 sq mi) or 66.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.53 km² (0.59 sq mi) or 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 4.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 20.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.6% is used for growing crops and 22.3% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

La Sonnaz has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,078. As of 2008^[update], 8.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 21.4%. Migration accounted for 15.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 9.2%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (88.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (9.1%) and Portuguese is the third (0.9%).