Prez-vers-Noréaz () is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipalities of Corserey, Noréaz and Prez-vers-Noréaz merged to form the new municipality of Prez. History Prez-vers-Noréaz is first mentioned in 1156 as de Pratellis. Geography Prez-vers-Noréaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 72.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 56.3% is used for growing crops and 15.0% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the Fribourg-Payerne road. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Semi Lion rampant isuant Gules and Azure. Demographics Prez-vers-Noréaz has a population () of . , 10.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 5.4%. Migration accounted for -0.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 4.6%. Most of the population () speaks French (734 or 91.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (49 or 6.1%) and Danish is the third (10 or 1.2%). There are 6 people who speak Italian. , the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The population was made up of 356 Swiss men (42.3% of the population) and 50 (5.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 386 Swiss women (45.8%) and 50 (5.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 284 or about 35.2% were born in Prez-vers-Noréaz and lived there in 2000. There were 331 or 41.1% who were born in the same canton, while 120 or 14.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 65 or 8.1% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.3%. ,