Pont-en-Ogoz

Pont-en-Ogoz (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.t‿ɑ̃.n‿ɔɡo]) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

In 1970 the village of Pont-en-Ogoz merged with Villars-d'Avry into the municipality of Le Bry.

[3] Then, in 2003 the municipalities of Le Bry, Avry-devant-Pont and Gumefens merged to form a bigger Pont-en-Ogoz.

[3] Pont-en-Ogoz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi).

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (392 or 92.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (23 or 5.4%) and Portuguese is the third (4 or 0.9%).

[11] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 31.0% of the vote.

[7] There were 242 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 40 or 26.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 56 or 36.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.0% were in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 4.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 12 or 7.8% were in education and 19 or 12.4% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 311 or 73.3% were Roman Catholic, while 28 or 6.6% 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.

[16] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 192 students attending 10 classes in Pont-en-Ogoz.

Aerial view (1964)