Châtonnaye

Geschichte

Châtonnaye is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryChâtonnaye is first mentioned in 1402 as Chastonaye.GeographyChâtonnaye has an area, of 6.3km2. Of this area, 4.49km2 or 71.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.46km2 or 23.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.38km2 or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 22.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 48.8% is used for growing crops and 21.2% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located on the border with the Canton of Vaud.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Sable and Argent a Rooster Gules passant bendwise.DemographicsChâtonnaye has a population of., 5.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 28.9%. Migration accounted for 24.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.2%.Most of the population speaks French (485 or 90.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (47 or 8.7%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.4%).