Bossonnens

Geschichte

Bossonnens is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryBossonnens is first mentioned about 1000 as Bucenens.GeographyBossonnens has an area of. Of this area, 2.93km2 or 71.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.65km2 or 15.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5km2 or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 26.3% is used for growing crops and 44.1% is pastures.The municipality is located in the Veveyse district, on the Vevey-Oron road.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of Six Argent and Azure and on a Chief Gules three Mullets of Five Or.DemographicsBossonnens has a population of., 14.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 21.1%. Migration accounted for 14.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 7%.Most of the population speaks French (932 or 89.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (41 or 3.9%) and Portuguese is the third (36 or 3.5%). There are 10 people who speak Italian.