Broye (district)
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Broye District is a one of the seven districts of the Canton of Fribourg
, Switzerland
, lying in the vicinity of Lake Neuchâtel
. Its territory is non-contiguous and Broye is fragmented into four parts, three of which exist as exclaves from the canton of Fribourg. It has a population of (as of ).
is the capital:
of the district coat of arms
is Argent, a [double] Rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert.
Most of the population speaks French
(18,694 or 87.7%) as their first language, German
is the second most common (1,341 or 6.3%) and Portuguese
is the third (318 or 1.5%). There are 177 people who speak Italian
and 6 people who speak Romansh.
, the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 10,860 Swiss men (41.9% of the population) and 2,011 (7.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 11,178 Swiss women (43.1%) and 1,892 (7.3%) non-Swiss women.
Of the population in the district, 7,750 or about 36.4% were born in Broye and lived there in 2000. There were 5,240 or 24.6% who were born in the same canton, while 4,922 or 23.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,717 or 12.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
The age distribution, , in Broye is; 2,953 children or 13.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 2,813 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 2,528 people or 11.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3,555 people or 16.7% are between 30 and 39, 3,023 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 2,669 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 1,669 people or 7.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 1,325 people or 6.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 670 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 104 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
, there were 9,082 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 10,189 married individuals, 1,164 widows or widowers and 874 individuals who are divorced.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SP
which received 24.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(23.8%), the CVP
(23.5%) and the FDP
(13.5%).
. Of the rest of the population, there were 102 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.48% of the population), there were 33 individuals (or about 0.15% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 580 individuals (or about 2.72% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 12 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 649 (or about 3.05% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 21 individuals who were Buddhist
, 6 individuals who were Hindu
and 16 individuals who belonged to another church. 1,520 (or about 7.13% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 809 individuals (or about 3.80% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 1,932 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.2% were Swiss men, 25.6% were Swiss women, 6.2% were non-Swiss men and 7.0% were non-Swiss women.
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. 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
. During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 3,841 students attending 204 classes in District de la Broye. A total of 4,464 students from the district attended any school, either in the district or outside of it. There were 31 kindergarten classes with a total of 578 students in the district. There were 106 primary classes with a total of 2,067 students. There were 52 lower secondary classes with a total of 1,090 students. There were 2 upper Secondary classes, with 33 upper Secondary students. There were 13 special Tertiary classes, with 73 specialized Tertiary students.
Canton of Fribourg
The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, lying in the vicinity of Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is a lake in Romandy, Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of Fribourg, and of Bern....
. Its territory is non-contiguous and Broye is fragmented into four parts, three of which exist as exclaves from the canton of Fribourg. It has a population of (as of ).
Municipalities
Broye consists of the following municipalities, of which Estavayer-le-LacEstavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac is a municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel. Estavayer-le-Lac is located between Yverdon and Bern. It is the capital of the district of Broye.-History:...
is the capital:
Mergers and name changes
- On 1 January 1981 the former municipalities of La Vounaise and Montborget merged into the municipality of MuristMuristMurist is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.Its territory was enlarged in 1981 with the formerly independent municipalities La Vounaise and Montborget, and in 1992 with Franex.-Geography:...
. - On 1 January 2000 the former municipalities of Montagny-la-Ville and Montagny-les-Monts merged to form the new municipality of Montagny (FR).
- On 1 January 2004 the former municipalities of Aumont, Frasses, Granges-de-Vesin and Montet (Broye) merged to form the new municipality of Les Montets. On 1 January 2004 the former municipalities of Mannens-Grandsivaz and Chapelle (Broye) merged into the municipality of CheiryCheiryCheiry is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.-History:Cheiry is first mentioned around 1184-85 as Chirie. Its territory was enlarged in 2005 with the formerly independent municipality Chapelle.-Geography:...
. - On 1 January 2005 the former municipalities of Delley and Portalban merged to form the new municipality of Delley-Portalban. On 1 January 2005 the former municipalities of Vesin and Praratoud merged into the municipality of SurpierreSurpierreSurpierre is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In January 2005 Surpiere incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Praratoud.-Geography:...
. - On 1 January 2006 the former municipalities of Autavaux, Forel (FR) and Montbrelloz merged to form the new municipality of Vernay. On 1 January 2006 the former municipalities of Bollion and Seiry merged into the municipality of LullyLully, FribourgLully is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2006 Lully incorporated the formerly independent municipalities of Bollion and Seiry as a result of boundary changes by the cantonal authorities....
.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the district coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Argent, a [double] Rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert.
Demographics
Broye has a population of . , 13.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Most of the population speaks French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(18,694 or 87.7%) as their first language, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
is the second most common (1,341 or 6.3%) and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
is the third (318 or 1.5%). There are 177 people who speak Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and 6 people who speak Romansh.
, the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 10,860 Swiss men (41.9% of the population) and 2,011 (7.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 11,178 Swiss women (43.1%) and 1,892 (7.3%) non-Swiss women.
Of the population in the district, 7,750 or about 36.4% were born in Broye and lived there in 2000. There were 5,240 or 24.6% who were born in the same canton, while 4,922 or 23.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,717 or 12.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
The age distribution, , in Broye is; 2,953 children or 13.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 2,813 teenagers or 13.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 2,528 people or 11.9% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 3,555 people or 16.7% are between 30 and 39, 3,023 people or 14.2% are between 40 and 49, and 2,669 people or 12.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 1,669 people or 7.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 1,325 people or 6.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 670 people or 3.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 104 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
, there were 9,082 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 10,189 married individuals, 1,164 widows or widowers and 874 individuals who are divorced.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Politics
In the 2011 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2011
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011.All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States....
the most popular party was the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 24.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(23.8%), the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(23.5%) and the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(13.5%).
Religion
From the , 14,847 or 69.7% were Roman Catholic, while 2,990 or 14.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 102 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 0.48% of the population), there were 33 individuals (or about 0.15% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 580 individuals (or about 2.72% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 12 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 649 (or about 3.05% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 21 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 6 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 16 individuals who belonged to another church. 1,520 (or about 7.13% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 809 individuals (or about 3.80% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Broye about 7,183 or (33.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 1,932 or (9.1%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 1,932 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.2% were Swiss men, 25.6% were Swiss women, 6.2% were non-Swiss men and 7.0% were non-Swiss women.
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
(university preparatory) and vocational programs. After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
. During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 3,841 students attending 204 classes in District de la Broye. A total of 4,464 students from the district attended any school, either in the district or outside of it. There were 31 kindergarten classes with a total of 578 students in the district. There were 106 primary classes with a total of 2,067 students. There were 52 lower secondary classes with a total of 1,090 students. There were 2 upper Secondary classes, with 33 upper Secondary students. There were 13 special Tertiary classes, with 73 specialized Tertiary students.