Sarine (district)
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Sarine District District de la Sarine Saanebezirk |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Fribourg
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| Capital | Fribourg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 217.6 km2 (84.0 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2015) | |
| • Total | 104,388 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 30 |
| Website | Sarine |
Sarine District (German: Saanebezirk, French: District de la Sarine) is one of the seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is largely French-speaking, with a German-speaking minority. Its territory is drained by the Sarine river (which gives it its name), and by its tributary, the Glâne. It has a population of 104,388 (as of 31 December 2015).
The district consists of the following thirty-six municipalities, including the cantonal capital Fribourg:
Sarine has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 104,388. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (64,341 or 75.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (12,373 or 14.5%) and Italian is the third (2,008 or 2.3%). There are 80 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 35,822 Swiss men (36.8% of the population) and 12,361 (12.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 38,411 Swiss women (39.5%) and 10,736 (11.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district, 23,761 or about 27.8% were born in Sarine and lived there in 2000. There were 27,074 or 31.7% who were born in the same canton, while 14,579 or 17.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 16,556 or 19.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
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