Vuissens
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 46°44′N 6°46′E / 46.733°N 6.767°ECoordinates: 46°44′N 6°46′E / 46.733°N 6.767°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Broye | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Syndic | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 741 m (2,431 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 245 | |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 1486 | |
| SFOS number | 2049 | |
| Surrounded by | Champtauroz (VD), Chanéaz (VD), Combremont-le-Petit (VD), Correvon (VD), Démoret (VD), Denezy (VD), Thierrens (VD) | |
| Website | SFSO statistics |
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Vuissens is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Vuissens, Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés and Vernay merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.
Vuissens had an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.6 square kilometers (2.2 sq mi). Of this area, 2.86 km2 (1.10 sq mi) or 51.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi) or 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 9.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.6% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Chevron ragully Or.
Vuissens had a population (as of 2015[update]) of 245. As of 2008[update], 10.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 4%. Migration accounted for 5.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (159 or 93.0%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (6 or 3.5%) and German is the third (4 or 2.3%).
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