Treyvaux

Geschichte

Treyvaux is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryTreyvaux is first mentioned around 1163-66 as Tribus Vallibus . Over the time it was known under numerous variations of the Latin name: Tresvaux, Trevaux, Tresvals, Trevauz, Trevoul, Treyvaul, Treyvas, Trevas, Trefels.GeographyTreyvaux has an area, of 11.4km2. Of this area, 7.25km2 or 63.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.38km2 or 29.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71km2 or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 21.7% is used for growing crops and 40.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the right bank of the Sarine.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinister Or a Rooster's Head Sable crested unguled beaked and langued Gules and Gules.DemographicsTreyvaux has a population of., 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 10.5%. Migration accounted for 5.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 5%.Most of the population speaks French (1,165 or 93.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (41 or 3.3%) and Portuguese is the third (23 or 1.8%). There are 6 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.