Vuissens
Vuissens (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Vuissens, Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés and Vernay merged into the new municipality of Estavayer. Geography Vuissens had an area, , of . Of this area, or 51.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 9.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 44.6% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Chevron raguly Or. Demographics Vuissens had a population () of 245. , 10.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 4%. Migration accounted for 5.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%. Most of the population () speaks