Heitenried (formerly in French: Essert; Arpitan: Èssèrts [eˈʃɛ] (listen)) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. Heitenried is first mentioned in French in 1228 as Essers. The German name was first mentioned in 1257 as Ried. Heitenried has an area of 9.13 km2 (3.53 sq mi). Of this area, 6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi) or 73.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi) or 18.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land. More information...
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