page_title: Épendes, Fribourg
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Épendes, Fribourg / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Hameau du Petit Ependes. Église et école d'Ependes à l'arrière-plan.
context_page_description: Épendes is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its former German name was Spinz. In 1977, the former municipality of Sales merged into Épendes.
  The asteroid 129342 Ependes is named in its honour.
context_section_description: Épendes has an area, as of 2009, of 5.6 square kilometers (2.2 sq mi).  Of this area, 3.72 km² (1.44 sq mi) or 66.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.33 km² (0.51 sq mi) or 23.7% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.58 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads).
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%.  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 39.9% is used for growing crops and  25.5% is pastures.
  The municipality is located in the Sarine district.  It consists of the village of Épendes, the hamlet of Le Petit-Épendes, and, since 1977, the village of Sales.
caption: Petit Épendes
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