Bösingen (German: [ˈbøːzɪŋən]; French: Basens, formerly Bésingue; Arpitan: Besing [beˈzɛ̃] ⓘ) 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.

Of the rest of the land, 1.33 km2 (0.51 sq mi) or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.

It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Bösingen and the widely scattered hamlets of Fendringen, Friseneit, Grenchen, Litzistorf, Niederbösingen, Noflen, Lischera, Richterwil, Riederberg, Uttewil and Vogelshus.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,887 or 92.6%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (54 or 1.7%) and French is the third (44 or 1.4%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Gallo-Roman complex, and the Vogelshus country estate are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Bösingen and the hamlet of Richterwil are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.6% of the vote.

[9] There were 1,670 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 143 or 42.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 3.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 19 or 5.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 37 or 10.9% were in the information industry, 15 or 4.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 48 or 14.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 21 or 6.2% were in education and 11 or 3.2% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,650 or 52.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,039 or 33.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.