Treyvaux

Treyvaux
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Location of Treyvaux
Coordinates: 46°44′N 7°8′E / 46.733°N 7.133°E / 46.733; 7.133Coordinates: 46°44′N 7°8′E / 46.733°N 7.133°E / 46.733; 7.133
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	Sarine
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Elevation	770 m (2,530 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	1,442
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Postal code	1733
SFOS number	2226
Surrounded by	Arconciel, La Roche, Le Mouret, Pont-la-Ville, Rossens, Senèdes
Website	www.treyvaux.ch SFSO statistics

Treyvaux is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Treyvaux is first mentioned around 1163-66 as Tribus Vallibus ("Of Three Valleys"). Over the time it was known under numerous variations of the Latin name: Tresvaux, Trevaux, Tresvals, Trevauz, Trevoul, Treyvaul, Treyvas, Trevas, Trefels.

Treyvaux has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 11.4 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 7.25 km² (2.80 sq mi) or 63.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.38 km² (1.31 sq mi) or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 21.7% is used for growing crops and 40.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the right bank of the Sarine.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Or a Rooster's Head Sable crested unguled beaked and langued Gules and Gules.

Treyvaux has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 1,442. As of 2008^[update], 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 10.5%. Migration accounted for 5.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 5%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (1,165 or 93.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (41 or 3.3%) and Portuguese is the third (23 or 1.8%). There are 6 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.