Zumholz
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
Gasthof Laterne in Zumholz village
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| Coordinates: 46°45′N 7°18′E / 46.750°N 7.300°ECoordinates: 46°45′N 7°18′E / 46.750°N 7.300°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Fribourg | |
| District | Sense | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gemeindeammann | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 867 m (2,844 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 397 | |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 1719 | |
| SFOS number | 2310 | |
| Surrounded by | Alterswil, Brünisried, Guggisberg (BE), Oberschrot, Plaffeien | |
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Zumholz is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Zumholz and Oberschrot merged into the municipality of Plaffeien.
Zumholz had an area, in 2009, of 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi). Of this area, 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 72.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 18.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 3.2% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 12.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.3% is used for growing crops and 65.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Fleur-de-lis Argent and in chief a Mullet of the same.
Zumholz had a population (as of 2015[update]) of 397. As of 2008[update], 1.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -0.5%. Migration accounted for -9.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.3%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (447 or 97.4%) as their first language, French is the second most common (6 or 1.3%) and Italian is the third (3 or 0.7%).
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