Arconciel

Arconciel is first mentioned in 1082 as castrum Arconciacum. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Ergenzach, however, that name is no longer used. ==Geography==

Arconciel had an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 38.6% is used for growing crops and 18.2% 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 Azure a Tower embattled Argent ==Demographics==

Arconciel had a population () of 1,038. , 9.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 16.9%. Migration accounted for 8.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 7.8%. Most of the population () speaks French (597 or 91.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (41 or 6.3%) and Spanish is the third (4 or 0.6%). There are 2 people who speak Italian. Of the population in the municipality, 222 or about 33.8% were born in Arconciel and lived there in 2000. There were 282 or 43.0% who were born in the same canton, while 82 or 12.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 51 or 7.8% were born outside of Switzerland. , there were 227 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.3 new units per 1000 residents. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:660 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1811 from:start till:259 text:"259" bar:1850 from:start till:285 text:"285" bar:1860 from:start till:297 text:"297" bar:1870 from:start till:327 text:"327" bar:1880 from:start till:308 text:"308" bar:1888 from:start till:316 text:"316" bar:1900 from:start till:392 text:"392" bar:1910 from:start till:427 text:"427" bar:1920 from:start till:417 text:"417" bar:1930 from:start till:423 text:"423" bar:1941 from:start till:412 text:"412" bar:1950 from:start till:378 text:"378" bar:1960 from:start till:332 text:"332" bar:1970 from:start till:326 text:"326" bar:1980 from:start till:399 text:"399" bar:1990 from:start till:553 text:"553" bar:2000 from:start till:656 text:"656" ==Heritage sites of national significance==

The Farm House at La Souche 1, the Mesolithic shelter at La Souche and the medieval village at Vers-le-Château are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. File:Farm_La_Souche_Arconciel_Sep_2010.jpg|Farm House at La Souche 1 File:La_Souche_Mesolithic_Shelter_Nov_2011.jpg|Mesolithic shelter at La Souche File:Arconciel.jpg|Medieval village at Vers-le-Château ==Politics==

In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 35.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (18.2%), the SVP (16.8%) and the FDP (9.8%). The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (31.7% in 2007 vs 35.7% in 2011). The CVP lost popularity (24.9% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (14.8% in 2007) and the FDP moved from below fourth place in 2007 to fourth. A total of 254 votes were cast in this election, of which 3 or 1.2% were invalid. ==Economy==

, Arconciel had an unemployment rate of 3.4%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 31 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector. , there were 16 workers who commuted into the municipality and 264 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 16.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 78.9% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 540 or 82.3% were Roman Catholic, while 47 or 7.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 4 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.61% of the population), and there were 7 individuals (or about 1.07% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Jewish, and there was 1 individual who was Islamic. 42 (or about 6.40% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 17 individuals (or about 2.59% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Arconciel about 206 or (31.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 102 or (15.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 102 who completed tertiary schooling, 65.7% were Swiss men, 25.5% were Swiss women, 5.9% were non-Swiss men. During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 88 students attending 5 classes in Arconciel. A total of 162 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 22 students in the municipality. The municipality had 4 primary classes and 66 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 26 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 25 upper Secondary students and 18 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there were 3 non-university Tertiary students and one specialized Tertiary student who attended classes in another municipality. , there were 9 students in Arconciel who came from another municipality, while 85 residents attended schools outside the municipality. ==References==