Heitenried

Heitenried
Parish church of St. Michel in Heitenried village
Location of Heitenried
Heitenried
Heitenried
Coordinates: 46°50′N 7°18′E / 46.833°N 7.300°E / 46.833; 7.300
CountrySwitzerland
CantonFribourg
DistrictSense
Government
  MayorGemeindeammann
Area
  Total
9.04 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation
762 m (2,500 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)
  Total
1,403
  Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
1714
SFOS number2296
ISO 3166 codeCH-FR
Surrounded byAlbligen (BE), Sankt Antoni, Ueberstorf, Wahlern (BE)
Twin townsJaszago (Hungary)
Websitewww.heitenried.ch
SFSO statistics

Heitenried (formerly in French: Essert; Arpitan: Èssèrts [eˈʃɛ] ) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.