Granges-Paccot (; is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Granges-Paccot is first mentioned in 1317 as Grangiarum ante la mota dicti castri. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Zur Schüren, however, that name is no longer used. Geography Granges-Paccot has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 31.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 7.8% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 31.8% is used for growing crops and 12.3% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes. The municipality is located in the Sarine district, north of Fribourg and on the left side of the river. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a semi Lion rampant issuant Azure langued Gules and of the last on a Bar wavy Argent a Fish nainaint of the second. Demographics Granges-Paccot has a population () of . , 26.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 26.7%. Migration accounted for 13.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 10.3%. Most of the population () speaks French (1,552 or 76.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (304 or 14.9%) and Italian is the third (46 or 2.3%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh. , the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female. The population was made up of 927 Swiss men (36.5% of the population) and 373 (14.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 912 Swiss women (35.9%) and 329 (12.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 403 or about 19.7% were born in Granges-Paccot and lived there in 2000. There were 941 or 46.1% who were born in the same