Sense (district)

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Sense administrative district
Coat of arms
Date of foundation
Canton: Fribourg
Capital: Tafers
Area: 265.3 km²
Population: 39'334 (January 1, 2004)
Population density: 148 people/km²
Website: http://www.fr.ch/oase
Sense district
Sense district
Municipalities of Sense district
Municipalities of Sense district

The Sense district (German: Sensebezirk, French: District de la Singine) is one of the seven administrative district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, and the only completely German-speaking one. It is named for the Sense River, which forms the majority of its eastern border with the canton of Bern. The Sense region was first mentioned historically in 1076 under the name Sensuna. It became a district since the canton was reorganized from four into seven districts in 1848. Most of the Sense belonged to the lordship of the Republik Freiburg (Respublicas Friburgensis) until the demise of the ancien régime. The district has its own dialect, called Sensler German.

The Sense district contains 19 municipalities. There were formerly more, but there have been a number of merges in recent years (Neuhaus into Plasselb, Eicholz into Giffers). The municipalities are now:

Municipality name Population
(January 1, 2004)
Area in km²
Alterswil 1923 16.10
Bösingen 3218 14.32
Brünisried 564 3.24
Düdingen 7065 30.82
Giffers 1432 5.22
Heitenried 1154 9.04
Oberschrot 1040 5.28
Plaffeien 1910 59.37
Plasselb 998 18.11
Rechthalten 1041 7.30
Schmitten 3413 13.55
St. Antoni 1903 16.86
St. Silvester 936 7.10
St. Ursen 1212 15.73
Tafers 2697 8.37
Tentlingen 1182 3.69
Ueberstorf 2194 16.13
Wünnewil-Flamatt 5011 13.21
Zumholz 441 1.88

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