Fräschels

Geschichte

Fräschels is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryFräschels is first mentioned in 1225 as Frescin. In 1228 it was mentioned as Frasses in French.GeographyFräschels has an area, of 3.1km2. Of this area, 2.24km2 or 71.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.54km2 or 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.33km2 or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 15.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 63.1% is used for growing crops and 5.4% is pastures, while 2.9% 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. It is the northern most municipality in the canton and is 10km north of Murten on the eastern edge of the Grosses Moos marshlands.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Mile-stone Sable masoned of the field between two Alders Vert all issuant from a base of the last.DemographicsFräschels has a population of., 7.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 1%. Migration accounted for 1.4%, while births and deaths accounted for -1%.