Tentlingen

Tentlingen (French: Tinterin; Arpitan: Tenterens [tɛ̃təˈʁɛ̃] ) 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. Tentlingen is first mentioned around 1201–1212 as Tentenens. Tentlingen has an area of 3.61 km (1.39 sq mi). Of this area, 2.44 km (0.94 mi) or 67.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.58 km (0.22 mi) or 16.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.57 km (0.22 mi) or 15.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km (25 acres) or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 14.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.2% is used for growing crops and 27.1% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.