Billens-Hennens

Billens-Hennens is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[4][5] Billens-Hennens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.9 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi).

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Bend Sable cotized Or three Mullets of Five pointing to base sinister.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (599 or 96.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (15 or 2.4%) and Spanish is the third (3 or 0.5%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Billens-Hennens is; 77 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 78 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[14][15] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.1% of the vote.

[10] There were 266 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 10 or 13.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 4.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 6.7% were in the information industry, 2 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 5.3% were in education and 47 or 62.7% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 502 or 80.8% were Roman Catholic, while 43 or 6.9% 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.

[20] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 51 students attending 3 classes in Billens-Hennens.

Aerial view (1964)