Its territory is non-contiguous and Broye is fragmented into four parts, three of which exist as exclaves from the canton of Fribourg.

Broye consists of the following municipalities, of which Estavayer is the capital: The blazon of the district coat of arms is Argent, a [double] Rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) 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%).

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[7] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.6% of the vote.

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.

[9] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 3,841 students attending 204 classes in District de la Broye.