Arconciel

Geschichte

Arconciel is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryArconciel is first mentioned in 1082 as castrum Arconciacum. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Ergenzach, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyArconciel has an area, of 6.2km2. Of this area, 3.53km2 or 57.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.88km2 or 30.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.52km2 or 8.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.17km2 or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 38.6% is used for growing crops and 18.2% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Sarine district.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Tower embattled ArgentDemographicsArconciel has a population of., 9.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 16.9%. Migration accounted for 8.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 7.8%.Most of the population speaks French (597 or 91.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (41 or 6.3%) and Spanish is the third (4 or 0.6%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.