Ferpicloz ( ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Ferpicloz is first mentioned in 1270 as Ferpecles. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Pichlen, however, that name is no longer used. Geography Ferpicloz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 24.8% is used for growing crops and 44.6% is pastures. The municipality is located in the Sarine district. This small municipality lies on the Fribourg-Bulle road and includes part of the hamlet of Le Mouret. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per saltire Argent and Gules overall a fleur-de-lys counterchanged. Demographics Ferpicloz has a population () of . , 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 33.1%. Migration accounted for 30.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.3%. Most of the population () speaks French (157 or 85.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (22 or 12.0%) and Russisch is the third (1 or 0.5%). , the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 109 Swiss men (46.2% of the population) and 8 (3.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 109 Swiss women (46.2%) and 10 (4.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 41 or about 22.4% were born in Ferpicloz and lived there in 2000. There were 73 or 39.9% who were born in the same canton, while 44 or 24.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 18 or 9.8% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.8%. , there were 67 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 104 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 4