Vuisternens-en-Ogoz

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Vuisternens-en-Ogoz

Location of Vuisternens-en-Ogoz

Coordinates: 46°42′N 7°3′E / 46.700°N 7.050°ECoordinates: 46°42′N 7°3′E / 46.700°N 7.050°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic

Area

• Total

6.24 km² (2.41 sq mi)

Elevation

800 m (2,600 ft)

Population (Dec 2014)

• Total

619

• Density

99/km² (260/sq mi)

Postal code

1696

SFOS number

2231

Surrounded by

Farvagny, Le Glèbe, Pont-en-Ogoz

Website

commune-gibloux.ch
SFSO statistics

Vuisternens-en-Ogoz is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Farvagny, Le Glèbe and Rossens to form the new municipality of Gibloux.

Vuisternens-en-Ogoz had an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.2 square kilometers (2.4 sq mi). Of this area, 3.99 km² (1.54 sq mi) or 64.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.76 km² (0.68 sq mi) or 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 27.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.8% is used for growing crops and 33.9% is pastures and 3.4% is used for alpine pastures.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Bend Or cotised Argent a Lion passant Azure langued of the first.

Vuisternens-en-Ogoz had a population (as of 2014^[update]) of 619. As of 2008^[update], 19.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 9.6%. Migration accounted for 2.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 7.9%.

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