Brünisried 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.

[5] The municipality is located in the Sense district, about 12 km (7.5 mi) south-east of Fribourg.

It consists of the linear village of Brünisried and the hamlets of Berg, Holzgassa and Menzisberg.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Fencing Board Or charged with a Sword Sable[6] Brünisried has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 670.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (552 or 98.4%) as their first language, French is the second most common (6 or 1.1%) and Albanian is the third (3 or 0.5%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.2% of the vote.

[9] There were 295 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 44.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 16.7% were in the information industry, 3 or 16.7% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 431 or 76.8% were Roman Catholic, while 92 or 16.4% 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.