Wünnewil-Flamatt
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Flamatt village
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| Coordinates: 46°52′N 7°17′E / 46.867°N 7.283°ECoordinates: 46°52′N 7°17′E / 46.867°N 7.283°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Sense | |
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| • Mayor | Gemeindeammann | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 628 m (2,060 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 5,455 | |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 3184 Wünnewil 3175 Flamatt |
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| SFOS number | 2309 | |
| Surrounded by | Bösingen, Neuenegg (BE), Sankt Antoni, Schmitten, Ueberstorf | |
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Wünnewil-Flamatt is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in the western part of Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Wünnewil-Flamatt has an area of 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi). Of this area, 8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi) or 63.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.24 km2 (0.86 sq mi) or 16.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi) or 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 15.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 44.8% is used for growing crops and 16.3% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable a Bar Argent raised and in base a Grape Or slipped and leaved Vert.
Wünnewil-Flamatt has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 5,455. As of 2008[update], 16.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 6.6%. Migration accounted for 3%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.1%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (4,398 or 89.5%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (232 or 4.7%) and French is the third (89 or 1.8%). There are 52 people who speak Italian and 3 people who speak Romansh.
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