Chénens (; local , otherwise spelled as in French) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. A French-speaking community, its earlier German name of Geiningen is no longer in common use. History Chénens is first mentioned in 1138 as Cheineis. Geography Chénens has an area of . or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.5% is forested. The rest of the region or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads). Housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas make up 1.3% of the area. All of the forested land area is covered with dense forests. Of the agricultural land, 42.3% is used for growing crops and 24.3% is pasturage, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Sarine district on the cantonal highway between Fribourg and Romont (FR). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Mastiff Argent passant gorged Or. Demographics Chénens has a population () of . , 10.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 19.5%. Migration accounted for 14.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 6.3%. Most of the population () speaks French (520 or 93.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (21 or 3.8%) and Portuguese is the third (5 or 0.9%). , the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The population was made up of 277 Swiss men (42.4% of the population) and 38 (5.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 302 Swiss women (46.2%) and 36 (5.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 168 or about 30.3% were born in Chénens and lived there in 2000. There were 267 or 48.2% who were born in the same canton, while 75 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 34 or 6.1% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 30.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.5%. , there were 252 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 262 married individuals, 23 widows or widowers and 17 individuals who are divorced. ,