Pont-la-Ville
Encyclopedia
Pont-la-Ville is a municipality
in the district of Gruyère
in the canton
of Fribourg in Switzerland
.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 8.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 7.4% is used for growing crops and 57.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, on the banks of the Saane/Sarine
river and the Lake of Gruyère.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Gules, a Bridge masoned Argent issuant from water proper.
Most of the population speaks French
(424 or 92.4%) as their first language, German
is the second most common (21 or 4.6%) and Portuguese
is the third (4 or 0.9%). There are 3 people who speak Italian
.
, the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. The population was made up of 262 Swiss men (45.7% of the population) and 26 (4.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 261 Swiss women (45.5%) and 24 (4.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 212 or about 46.2% were born in Pont-la-Ville and lived there in 2000. There were 147 or 32.0% who were born in the same canton, while 57 or 12.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27 or 5.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 28.8% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 59.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%.
, there were 190 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 229 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 24 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 165 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 34 households that consist of only one person and 12 households with five or more people. , a total of 159 apartments (76.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 37 apartments (17.9%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (5.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.42%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 36.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
(20.8%), the SVP
(20.3%) and the FDP
(9.1%).
The CVP lost about 5.0% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election
(41.6% in 2007 vs 36.6% in 2011). The SPS moved from third in 2007 (with 16.9%) to second in 2011, the SVP moved from second in 2007 (with 22.0%) to third and the FDP retained about the same popularity (11.0% in 2007). A total of 199 votes were cast in this election, of which 7 or 3.5% were invalid.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 56. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 5, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 25. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 8.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 17 or 68.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 16.0% were in education.
, there were 9 workers who commuted into the municipality and 163 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 18.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 63% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 0.44% of the population), and there were 8 individuals (or about 1.74% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
ic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 17 (or about 3.70% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 18 individuals (or about 3.92% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 57 who completed tertiary schooling, 57.9% were Swiss men, 26.3% were Swiss women and 8.8% 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 56 students attending 3 classes in Pont-la-Ville. A total of 120 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality, but 5 students attended kindergarten in a neighboring municipality. The municipality had 3 primary classes and 56 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 21 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 10 upper Secondary students and 28 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there was one non-university Tertiary student who attended classes in another municipality.
, there were 19 students in Pont-la-Ville who came from another municipality, while 48 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Gruyère
Gruyère (district)
Gruyère District is a district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is Bulle.-Municipalities:-Mergers and name changes:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Fribourg in 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....
.
History
Pont-la-Ville is first mentioned in 1228 as Pont la vila. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Ponnendorf, however, that name is no longer used.Geography
Pont-la-Ville has an area, , of 4.3 square kilometre. Of this area, 2.86 square kilometre or 66.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.75 square kilometre or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.69 square kilometre or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 8.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 7.4% is used for growing crops and 57.9% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, on the banks of the Saane/Sarine
Saane/Sarine
Saane or Sarine is one of the largest rivers in Switzerland. It is 128 km long and has a drainage area of 1,892 km². It is a tributary of the river Aar...
river and the Lake of Gruyère.
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 municipal 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 Gules, a Bridge masoned Argent issuant from water proper.
Demographics
Pont-la-Ville has a population of . , 8.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 24.3%. Migration accounted for 16.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 10%.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...
(424 or 92.4%) 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 (21 or 4.6%) 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 (4 or 0.9%). There are 3 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...
.
, the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. The population was made up of 262 Swiss men (45.7% of the population) and 26 (4.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 261 Swiss women (45.5%) and 24 (4.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 212 or about 46.2% were born in Pont-la-Ville and lived there in 2000. There were 147 or 32.0% who were born in the same canton, while 57 or 12.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27 or 5.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0-19 years old) make up 28.8% of the population, while adults (20-64 years old) make up 59.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.5%.
, there were 190 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 229 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 24 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 165 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 34 households that consist of only one person and 12 households with five or more people. , a total of 159 apartments (76.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 37 apartments (17.9%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (5.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.42%.
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 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...
which received 36.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(20.8%), 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...
(20.3%) 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....
(9.1%).
The CVP lost about 5.0% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
(41.6% in 2007 vs 36.6% in 2011). The SPS moved from third in 2007 (with 16.9%) to second in 2011, the SVP moved from second in 2007 (with 22.0%) to third and the FDP retained about the same popularity (11.0% in 2007). A total of 199 votes were cast in this election, of which 7 or 3.5% were invalid.
Economy
, Pont-la-Ville had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 35 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 29 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. There were 238 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.9% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 56. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 5, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 25. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 8.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 17 or 68.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 16.0% were in education.
, there were 9 workers who commuted into the municipality and 163 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 18.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 63% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 400 or 87.1% were Roman Catholic, while 14 or 3.1% 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 2 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 0.44% of the population), and there were 8 individuals (or about 1.74% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was 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 2 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...
and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 17 (or about 3.70% 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 18 individuals (or about 3.92% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Pont-la-Ville about 132 or (28.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 57 or (12.4%) 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 57 who completed tertiary schooling, 57.9% were Swiss men, 26.3% were Swiss women and 8.8% 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 56 students attending 3 classes in Pont-la-Ville. A total of 120 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There were no kindergarten classes in the municipality, but 5 students attended kindergarten in a neighboring municipality. The municipality had 3 primary classes and 56 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 21 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 10 upper Secondary students and 28 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes, but there was one non-university Tertiary student who attended classes in another municipality.
, there were 19 students in Pont-la-Ville who came from another municipality, while 48 residents attended schools outside the municipality.