Autigny

Geschichte

Autigny is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryAutigny is first mentioned in 1068 as Altignei. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Ottenach, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyAutigny has an area, of 6.2km2. Of this area, 4.36km2 or 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.35km2 or 21.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.43km2 or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 20.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.9% is used for growing crops and 25.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Sarine district, along the Glane and the Neirigue.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a lance Or on a Bend Gules between two Crosses bottony of the last.DemographicsAutigny has a population of., 8.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 13.9%. Migration accounted for 7.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.9%.Most of the population speaks French (572 or 93.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (16 or 2.6%) and Portuguese is the third (8 or 1.3%). There are 2 people who speak Italian.