Châtel-Saint-Denis (French: [ʃɑtɛl sɛ̃ d(ə)ni]; Arpitan: Châtél, locally Tsathi [tsaˈθi] ⓘ, or Châtél-Sent-Denis, locally Tsathi-Chin-Dèni[3]) is a municipality and district capital of the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It consists of the village of Châtel-Saint-Denis, the ski and hiking areas of Les Paccots and Fruence and a number of hamlets.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or an Eagle displayed Sable.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,909 or 89.1%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (193 or 4.4%) and German is the third (118 or 2.7%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[13][14] The Saint-Denis Church is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Châtel-Saint-Denis and the hamlet of Prayoud are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[15] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.5% of the vote.

[9] There were 2,261 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 99, of which 82 were in agriculture and 17 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 345 or 24.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 43 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 119 or 8.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 157 or 11.2% were in the information industry, 25 or 1.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 123 or 8.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 82 or 5.8% were in education and 279 or 19.9% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 3,148 or 71.7% were Roman Catholic, while 514 or 11.7% 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.