Salvenach (French name: Salvagny; ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Courlevon, Jeuss, Lurtigen and Salvenach merged into Murten. History Salvenach is first mentioned in 1179 as Salvegnez. Geography Salvenach had an area of Of this area, or 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.9% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 57.5% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures. The former municipality is located in the See/Lac district, east of Murten on a plain. It consists of the linear village of Salvenach. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three Acorns Or slipped issuant from Coupeaux Vert. Demographics Salvenach had a population () of 551. , 5.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 24%. Migration accounted for 25.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (385 or 96.3%) as their first language, French is the second most common (8 or 2.0%) and Portuguese is the third (3 or 0.8%). , the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female. The population was made up of 249 Swiss men (48.8% of the population) and 11 (2.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 233 Swiss women (45.7%) and 17 (3.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 139 or about 34.8% were born in Salvenach and lived there in 2000. There were 87 or 21.8% who were born in the same canton, while 140 or 35.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 19 or 4.8% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15%. , there were 159 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were