Farvagny (; ) is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The former municipalities of Farvagny-le-Grand, Farvagny-le-Petit, Grenilles and Posat merged in 1996 to form it. On 1 January 2016 it merged with Corpataux-Magnedens, Le Glèbe, Rossens and Vuisternens-en-Ogoz to form the new municipality of Gibloux. Geography Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 19.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.8% is used for growing crops and 21.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The former municipality is located in the Sarine district. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Lion passant Azure langued of the first on a Bend Or between two Maple Leaves Argent. The coat of arms is a combination of the coats of arms of the four former municipalities. The lion and gold stripe come from Farvagny-le-Petit and Posat while the maple leaves are from Farvagny-le-Grand. Demographics Farvagny had a population () of 2215. , 9.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 20.1%. Migration accounted for 12.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.5%. Most of the population () speaks French (1,635 or 92.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (84 or 4.7%) and Portuguese is the third (18 or 1.0%). There are 13 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh. , the population was 47.7% male and 52.3% female. The population was made up of 882 Swiss men (42.8% of the population) and 101 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 950 Swiss women (46.1%) and 128 (6.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 578 or about 32.6% were born in Farvagny and lived there in 2000. There were 743 or 41.9% who were born in the same canton, while 240 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 158 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.1% of the population, while adults