La Brillaz

La Brillaz is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created from the 2001 union of Lentigny, Lovens, and Onnens. La Brillaz has an area, as of 2009, of 10.3 square kilometers (4.0 mi). Of this area, 7.3 km (2.8 mi) or 70.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.97 km (0.76 mi) or 19.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.87 km (0.34 mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.09 km (22 acres) or 0.9% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 54.6% is used for growing crops and 15.2% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality is located in the Sarine district.