Remaufens

Remaufens (Remofens ʁəmoˈfɛ̃) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Remaufens is first mentioned about 1000 as Romulfens. Remaufens has an area of . Of this area, or 67.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 23.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.0% is used for growing crops and 57.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Veveyse district, on a hill along the Châtel-Saint-Denis-Palézieux road. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Semi Eagle issuant displayed Sable and Gules a Cross bottony Argent. Remaufens has a population () of . , 11.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 19%. Migration accounted for 15.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.6%. Most of the population () speaks French (705 or 94.8%) as their first language, English is the second most common (10 or 1.3%) and German is the third (8 or 1.1%). There are 3 people who speak Italian. the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female. The population was made up of 373 Swiss men (41.9% of the population) and 62 (7.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 403 Swiss women (45.3%) and 52 (5.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 293 or about 39.4% were born in Remaufens and lived there in 2000. There were 188 or 25.3% who were born in the same canton, while 153 or 20.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 82 or 11.0% were born outside of Switzerland. children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.