Billens-Hennens

Geschichte

Billens-Hennens is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed from the union on January 1, 1998 of the municipalities of Billens and Hennens.GeographyBillens-Hennens has an area, of 4.9km2. Of this area, 3.94km2 or 80.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.64km2 or 13.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.32km2 or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 51.5% is used for growing crops and 29.0% is pastures.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Bend Sable cotized Or three Mullets of Five pointing to base sinister.DemographicsBillens-Hennens has a population of., 8.5% 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 16.9%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.6%.Most of the population speaks French (599 or 96.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (15 or 2.4%) and Spanish is the third (3 or 0.5%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh.