Saint Aubin, Fribourg

Saint-Aubin
Saint-Aubin village church
Coat of arms
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Location of Saint-Aubin
Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°59′E / 46.883°N 6.983°E / 46.883; 6.983Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°59′E / 46.883°N 6.983°E / 46.883; 6.983
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Broye
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation	471 m (1,545 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)
• Total	1,706
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Postal code	1566
SFOS number	2041
Surrounded by	Avenches (VD), Delley-Portalban, Domdidier, Missy (VD), Vallon, Villars-le-Grand (VD)
Website	www.st-aubin.ch SFSO statistics

Saint-Aubin is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 1991 the former municipality of Les Friques merged into Saint-Aubin.

Saint-Aubin is first mentioned in 1056 as Sancti Albini. The municipality was formerly known by its German name St Albin, however, that name is no longer used.

Saint-Aubin has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.9 square kilometers (3.1 sq mi). Of this area, 6.42 km² (2.48 sq mi) or 81.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.51 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 6.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.82 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km² (37 acres) or 1.9% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 4.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 68.9% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Broye district.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bulrush eradicated Vert fructed Sable.

Saint-Aubin has a population (as of December 2016^[update]) of 1,706. As of 2008^[update], 14.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 11%. Migration accounted for 7.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,102 or 88.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (75 or 6.1%) and Albanian is the third (19 or 1.5%). There are 7 people who speak Italian.