Siviriez

Siviriez
Coat of arms
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Location of Siviriez
Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°53′E / 46.650°N 6.883°E / 46.650; 6.883Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°53′E / 46.650°N 6.883°E / 46.650; 6.883
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Glâne
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	20.28 km2 (7.83 sq mi)
Elevation	777 m (2,549 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,243
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Postal code	1678
SFOS number	2099
Surrounded by	Billens-Hennens, Brenles (VD), Esmonts, Le Flon, Mézières, Romont, Ursy, Vuisternens-devant-Romont
Website	www.siviriez.ch SFSO statistics

Siviriez is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Siviriez is first mentioned in 1147 as Sivrie.

Siviriez has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 20.3 square kilometers (7.8 sq mi). Of this area, 15.1 km² (5.8 sq mi) or 74.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.48 km² (1.34 sq mi) or 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.62 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 15.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 29.4% is used for growing crops and 44.2% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

On 1 January 1978 the former municipalities of Villaranon and Le Saulgy merged into the municipality of Siviriez. In 2004 the former municipalities of Prez-vers-Siviriez, Villaraboud and Chavannes-les-Forts also merged into Siviriez.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Barrulet wavy Azure abased, overall a Semi Lion rampant Or issuant from coupeaux Argent and in chief two Mullets of the third pierced.

Siviriez has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 2,243. As of 2008^[update], 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 14.3%. Migration accounted for 13.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.6%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (902 or 93.5%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (26 or 2.7%) and German is the third (17 or 1.8%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.