Vuisternens-devant-Romont

Coat of arms

Location of Vuisternens-devant-Romont

Coordinates: 46°39′N 6°56′E / 46.650°N 6.933°ECoordinates: 46°39′N 6°56′E / 46.650°N 6.933°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic

Area

• Total

24.06 km² (9.29 sq mi)

Elevation

791 m (2,595 ft)

Population (Dec 2016)

• Total

2,271

• Density

94/km² (240/sq mi)

Postal code

1687

SFOS number

2113

Surrounded by

Grangettes, La Verrerie, Le Flon, Massonnens, Mézières, Sâles, Siviriez

Website

http://www.vuisternens-devant-romont.ch
SFSO statistics

Vuisternens-devant-Romont is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Vuisternens-devant-Romont has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 24.1 square kilometers (9.3 sq mi). Of this area, 18.88 km² (7.29 sq mi) or 78.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.63 km² (1.40 sq mi) or 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.47 km² (0.57 sq mi) or 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km² (12 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Out of the forested land, 12.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 28.3% is used for growing crops and 49.6% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Bend Gules.

Vuisternens-devant-Romont has a population (as of December 2016^[update]) of 2,271. As of 2008^[update], 4.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 8.2%. Migration accounted for 2.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.6%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (507 or 94.4%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (15 or 2.8%) and German is the third (11 or 2.0%).

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