La Verrerie

La Verrerie is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2004 by the union of the municipalities of Le Crêt, Grattavache, and Progens. The municipality is administered from Le Crêt.

Geography

La Verrerie has an area of 13.38 km² (5.17 sq mi). Of this area, 10.46 km² (4.04 sq mi) or 78.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi) or 14.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.88 km² (0.34 sq mi) or 6.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07 km² (17 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 10.2% is used for growing crops and 67.6% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Demographics

La Verrerie has a population (as of December 2014) of 1,157.As of 2008, 9.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 22.5%. Migration accounted for 14.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 6.9%.