Neyruz (; ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Neyruz is first mentioned in 1137 as Nuerus. In 1138 it was mentioned as Nuruos. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Rauschenbach, however, that name is no longer used. Geography Neyruz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 40.8% is used for growing crops and 16.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the left bank of the Glane river. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bar Gules couped in bend sinister between three Roses of the same seeded proper. Demographics Neyruz has a population () of . , 13.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 33.5%. Migration accounted for 26.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.7%. Most of the population () speaks French (1,498 or 89.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (113 or 6.8%) and Italian is the third (12 or 0.7%). There are 3 people who speak Romansh. , the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population was made up of 896 Swiss men (42.7% of the population) and 147 (7.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 916 Swiss women (43.7%) and 137 (6.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 449 or about 27.0% were born in Neyruz and lived there in 2000. There were 733 or 44.0% who were born in the same canton, while 250 or 15.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 186 or 11.2% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.9%. ,