Vuadens

Geschichte

Vuadens is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.HistoryVuadens is first mentioned in 516 as curtis Wadingum. In 929 it was mentioned as Vuadingis.GeographyVuadens has an area, of 10.4km2. Of this area, 6.9km2 or 66.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.48km2 or 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.09km2 or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, 20.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops and 43.8% is pastures and 18.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Gruyère district.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Cross Argent in chief dexter a Cross bottony of the same and overall a Crane rising of the same.DemographicsVuadens has a population of., 11.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 19.7%. Migration accounted for 18.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.4%.Most of the population speaks French (1,549 or 93.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (32 or 1.9%) and Portuguese is the third (29 or 1.8%). There are 6 people who speak Italian.