Villarsel-sur-Marly ( ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Villarsel-sur-Marly is first mentioned in 1278 as Villarser. Geography Villarsel-sur-Marly has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 39.7% is used for growing crops and 35.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Sarine district, on the left bank of the Gérine. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Fox sejant Or and in chief sinister a Maltese Cross Argent. Demographics Villarsel-sur-Marly has a population () of . , 13.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 24.6%. Migration accounted for 7.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 10.1%. Most of the population () speaks French (66 or 89.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (5 or 6.8%) and Italian is the third (3 or 4.1%). , the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The population was made up of 35 Swiss men (36.8% of the population) and 11 (11.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 40 Swiss women (42.1%) and 9 (9.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 28 or about 37.8% were born in Villarsel-sur-Marly and lived there in 2000. There were 33 or 44.6% who were born in the same canton, while 8 or 10.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 5 or 6.8% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 36.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 9.5%. , there were 41 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 30 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 1 individuals who are divorced. , there were 24 private households in the municipality, and an average of