Attalens

Geschichte

Attalens is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryAttalens is first mentioned in 867 as Haltningum.GeographyAttalens has an area of. Of this area, 5.84km2 or 59.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.64km2 or 27.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.3km2 or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 23.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.2% is used for growing crops and 40.9% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Veveyse district, on the Vevey-Palézieux road.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Lion rampant Gules and overall a Bendlet Vert.DemographicsAttalens has a population of., 13.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 28.4%. Migration accounted for 27.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.2%.Most of the population speaks French (2,076 or 92.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (78 or 3.5%) and Portuguese is the third (30 or 1.3%). There are 19 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh.