Cheiry (French: [ʃeʁi]; Arpitan: Chêri, locally Tsèri[3] [tsɛˈʁi] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

On 5 October 1994, 23 members of the cult the Order of the Solar Temple were found in dead in the farm La Rochette in Cheiry in a mass murder-suicide.

[6] Cheiry had an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, Or a Semi-Eagle displayed issuant Gules, and Azure three Plates.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (244 or 91.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (11 or 4.1%) and English is the third (5 or 1.9%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Cheiry is; 42 children or 12.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 55 teenagers or 16.6% are between 10 and 19.

[13] From the 2000 census[update], 189 or 70.8% were Roman Catholic, while 49 or 18.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[5][14] The Granary at Route Du Centre 21 A is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[15] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.8% of the vote.

[10] There were 125 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 13.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 40.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 20.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 13.3% were in education.

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.