Veveyse (district)
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Veveyse District District de la Veveyse |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Fribourg
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| Capital | Châtel-Saint-Denis | |
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| • Total | 134.3 km2 (51.9 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008) | ||
| • Total | 15,339 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipalities | 9 | |
| Website | Veveyse | |
Veveyse District (German: Bezirk Vivisbach, French: District de la Veveyse) is one of seven districts in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of 17,900 (as of 31 December 2015).
It consists of the following municipalities:
The blazon of the district coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed Sable.
Veveyse has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 17,900. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (11,566 or 91.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (345 or 2.7%) and Portuguese is the third (306 or 2.4%). There are 86 people who speak Italian and 3 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female. The population was made up of 6,393 Swiss men (41.1% of the population) and 1,358 (8.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 6,586 Swiss women (42.4%) and 1,203 (7.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district, 4,511 or about 35.8% were born in Veveyse and lived there in 2000. There were 2,746 or 21.8% who were born in the same canton, while 3,263 or 25.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,678 or 13.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 5,297 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 6,001 married individuals, 699 widows or widowers and 617 individuals who are divorced.
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