Autigny () is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Autigny is first mentioned in 1068 as Altignei. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Ottenach, however, that name is no longer used. Geography Autigny has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 21.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.5% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 20.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 43.9% is used for growing crops and 25.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Sarine district, along the Glane and the Neirigue. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a lance Or on a Bend Gules between two Crosses bottony of the last. Demographics Autigny has a population () of . , 8.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 13.9%. Migration accounted for 7.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 5.9%. Most of the population () speaks French (572 or 93.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (16 or 2.6%) and Portuguese is the third (8 or 1.3%). There are 2 people who speak Italian. , the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 312 Swiss men (45.0% of the population) and 32 (4.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 312 Swiss women (45.0%) and 37 (5.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 251 or about 41.0% were born in Autigny and lived there in 2000. There were 228 or 37.3% who were born in the same canton, while 82 or 13.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 45 or 7.4% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.4%. , there were