Sense (district)
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Sense District Sensebezirk |
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| District | |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Fribourg
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| Capital | Tafers |
| Area | |
| • Total | 265.3 km2 (102.4 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2015) | |
| • Total | 43,196 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 17 |
| Website | http://www.fr.ch/pref/de/pub/psi/index.cfm |
Sense District (German: Sensebezirk, French: District de la Singine) is one of the seven administrative districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the only completely German-speaking one. It is named for the Sense River, which forms the majority of its eastern border with the canton of Bern.
The Sense region was first mentioned historically in 1076 under the name Sensuna. It became a district since the canton was reorganized from four into seven districts in 1848. Most of the Sense belonged to the lordship of the Republik Freiburg (Respublicas Friburgensis) until the demise of the ancien régime. The district has its own dialect, called Sensler German.
It contains 17 municipalities. The municipalities are now:
The blazon of the district coat of arms is Azure, a Guard stantant afrontee clad Azure and Sable ensigned with a Cross on sinister, holding in dexter a Halberd Argent.
Sense has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 43,196. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (35,275 or 92.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (1,217 or 3.2%) and Albanian is the third (630 or 1.6%). There are 200 people who speak Italian and 14 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 18,568 Swiss men (45.6% of the population) and 1,821 (4.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 18,786 Swiss women (46.1%) and 1,553 (3.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district, 15,257 or about 39.8% were born in Sense and lived there in 2000. There were 11,390 or 29.7% who were born in the same canton, while 7,378 or 19.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,070 or 8.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
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