Cressier (Fribourg)

Geschichte

Cressier is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryCressier is first mentioned in 1080 as Crisei. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Grissach, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyCressier has an area, of 4.2km2. Of this area, 2.88km2 or 69.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.81km2 or 19.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.45km2 or 10.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 17.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 56.6% is used for growing crops and 10.1% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the See/Lac district.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable, a Horse Argent trotting harnessed Or.DemographicsCressier has a population of., 22.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 14.3%. Migration accounted for 11.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.3%.Most of the population speaks French (394 or 54.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (292 or 40.1%) and Portuguese is the third (14 or 1.9%). There are 5 people who speak Italian.