Sarine District

Sarine District (District de la Sarine distʁi(kt) d(ə) la saʁin; District de la Sarena diʃˈtʁi də la ʃaʁˈnɑ; Saanebezirk) is one of the seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is largely French-speaking, with a German-speaking minority. Its territory is drained by the Sarine river (which gives it its name), and by its tributary, the Glâne. It has a population of (as of ). The district consists of the following twenty-six municipalities, including the cantonal capital Fribourg: Sarine has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (64,341 or 75.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (12,373 or 14.5%) and Italian is the third (2,008 or 2.3%). There are 80 people who speak Romansh. the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 35,822 Swiss men (36.8% of the population) and 12,361 (12.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 38,411 Swiss women (39.5%) and 10,736 (11.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district, 23,761 or about 27.8% were born in Sarine and lived there in 2000. There were 27,074 or 31.7% who were born in the same canton, while 14,579 or 17.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 16,556 or 19.4% were born outside of Switzerland. there were 40,123 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 37,194 married individuals, 4,156 widows or widowers and 3,992 individuals who are divorced. There were 11,990 households that consist of only one person and 2,536 households with five or more people. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.

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Belfaux

Belfaux (bɛlfo; Bélfox, locally Bifou biˈfu) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its former German name was Gumschen, but this is no longer in use. Belfaux is first mentioned in the 12th century as Bellofago. In 1229 it was mentioned as Bellfozen. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Gumschen, however, that name is no longer used. On 1 January 2016, Belfaux annexed the neighboring municipality of Autafond. Belfaux has an area, , of .

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Senèdes (sənɛd, ʃəˈnedə) is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Arconciel, Ependes and Senèdes merged to form the new municipality of Bois-d'Amont. Senèdes is first mentioned in 1233 as Senaide. Senèdes had an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 10.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.