Ménières

Ménières
Coat of arms
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Location of Ménières
Coordinates: 46°47′N 6°53′E / 46.783°N 6.883°E / 46.783; 6.883Coordinates: 46°47′N 6°53′E / 46.783°N 6.883°E / 46.783; 6.883
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Broye
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	4.38 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Elevation	503 m (1,650 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	414
• Density	95/km2 (240/sq mi)
Postal code	1533
SFOS number	2027
Surrounded by	Cugy, Fétigny, Granges-près-Marnand (VD), Les Montets, Sassel (VD)
Website	www.menieres.ch SFSO statistics

Ménières is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Ménières is first mentioned in 1228 as hospitale de Meinires.

Ménières has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.4 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.27 km² (1.26 sq mi) or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.68 km² (0.26 sq mi) or 15.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km² (0.15 sq mi) or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 4.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.4% is used for growing crops and 8.7% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Broye district, in the Estavayer-le-Lac exclave.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Boar salient Or armed Argent in chief sinister a Mullet of the last pierced.

Ménières has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 414. As of 2008^[update], 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 29.1%. Migration accounted for 16.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 9.6%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (280 or 94.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 4.7%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).