Sorens

Geschichte

Sorens is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistorySorens is first mentioned around 974-75 as Sotringus. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Soring, however, that name is no longer used.GeographySorens has an area, of 8.7km2. Of this area, 5.64km2 or 64.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.32km2 or 26.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.78km2 or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 24.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.1% is used for growing crops and 49.0% is pastures and 7.1% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, near the Bulle-Fribourg road on the eastern slope of the Gibloux.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Gules overall a Roebuck salient proper.DemographicsSorens has a population of., 6.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 19.5%. Migration accounted for 18.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.1%.Most of the population speaks French (800 or 95.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (24 or 2.9%) and Portuguese is the third (3 or 0.4%). There are 2 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.