Tafers

Tafers
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Location of Tafers
Coordinates: 46°49′N 7°13′E / 46.817°N 7.217°E / 46.817; 7.217Coordinates: 46°49′N 7°13′E / 46.817°N 7.217°E / 46.817; 7.217
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Sense
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindeammann
Area
• Total	8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Elevation	651 m (2,136 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	3,286
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Postal code	1712
SFOS number	2306
Surrounded by	Alterswil, Düdingen, Fribourg (Freiburg im Üechtland/Fribourg), Sankt Antoni, Sankt Ursen, Schmitten
Website	www.tafers.ch SFSO statistics

Tafers (French: Tavel) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Tafers has an area of 8.4 km² (3.24 sq mi). Of this area, 5.33 km² (2.06 sq mi) or 63.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.78 km² (0.69 sq mi) or 21.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.25 km² (0.48 sq mi) or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 40.0% is used for growing crops and 22.6% is pastures.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Guard stantant afrontee clad Azure and Sable ensigned with a Cross on sinister, holding in dexter a Halberd Argent.

Tafers has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 3,286. As of 2008^[update], 10.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 4.9%. Migration accounted for 7.8%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.4%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (2,361 or 89.9%) as their first language, French is the second most common (117 or 4.5%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (35 or 1.3%). There are 10 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.