Sévaz
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| Coordinates: 46°50′N 6°52′E / 46.833°N 6.867°ECoordinates: 46°50′N 6°52′E / 46.833°N 6.867°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Broye | |
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| • Mayor | Syndic | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 492 m (1,614 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 270 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 1541 | |
| SFOS number | 2043 | |
| Surrounded by | Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Les Montets, Montbrelloz | |
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Sévaz is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Sévaz is first mentioned in 1056 as Silva.
Sévaz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi). Of this area, 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi) or 86.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi) or 2.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 74.4% is used for growing crops and 10.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located in the Broye district, in the Estavayer-le-Lac exclave.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, issuant from two Mounts as many Columns Argent and on a Chief of the same three Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper.
Sévaz has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 270. As of 2008[update], 17.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 69.7%. Migration accounted for 53.8%, while births and deaths accounted for 13.8%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (130 or 89.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (9 or 6.2%) and English is the third (2 or 1.4%).
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