Büchslen

Büchslen
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Büchslen Show map of Switzerland Büchslen Show map of Canton of Fribourg
Location of Büchslen
Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°11′E / 46.950°N 7.183°E / 46.950; 7.183Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°11′E / 46.950°N 7.183°E / 46.950; 7.183
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	See
Area
• Total	1.61 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Elevation	511 m (1,677 ft)
Population (Dec 2010)
• Total	177
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Postal code	3215
SFOS number	2244
Surrounded by	Galmiz, Gempenach, Lurtigen, Murten/Morat, Ried bei Kerzers
Website	SFSO statistics

Büchslen (French: Buchillon) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Büchslen merged into the municipality of Morat.

Büchslen is first mentioned in 1339 as Buchillion. Until the 18th century it was known as Bichslen.

Before the merger, Büchslen had a total area of 1.6 km² (0.62 sq mi). Of this area, 1.26 km² (0.49 sq mi) or 81.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.21 km² (0.081 sq mi) or 13.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.14 km² (35 acres) or 9.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.5% is used for growing crops and 10.3% is pastures, while 6.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the See/Lac district, on the old Murten-Bern highway.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two matchlocks rifles proper in saltire. This is an example of canting arms since the German term Büchse means a hunting rifle.

Büchslen had a population (as of 2010) of 177. As of 2008^[update], 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 7.7%. Migration accounted for 0.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.4%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (149 or 96.8%) as their first language, French is the second most common (3 or 1.9%) and Italian is the third (2 or 1.3%).