Torny

Torny
De Diesbach Castle in Torny village
Coat of arms
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Location of Torny
Coordinates: 46°46′N 6°58′E / 46.767°N 6.967°E / 46.767; 6.967Coordinates: 46°46′N 6°58′E / 46.767°N 6.967°E / 46.767; 6.967
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Glâne
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	10.18 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Elevation	675 m (2,215 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	885
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Postal code	1748
SFOS number	2115
Surrounded by	Châtonnaye, Corserey, La Brillaz, La Folliaz, Montagny, Payerne (VD), Trey (VD)
Website	www.torny.ch SFSO statistics

Torny is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created in 2004 through the merger of Middes and Torny-le-Grand.

Torny has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 10.2 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi). Of this area, 7.02 km² (2.71 sq mi) or 69.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.57 km² (0.99 sq mi) or 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi) or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 45.3% is used for growing crops and 22.6% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Torny has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 885. As of 2008^[update], 6.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 12.2%. Migration accounted for 9.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.6%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (93.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (4.7%) and Italian is the third (0.5%).

As of 2008^[update], the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. The population was made up of 364 Swiss men (46.9% of the population) and 25 (3.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 369 Swiss women (47.6%) and 18 (2.3%) non-Swiss women.