Cheyres (Arpitan: Chêres, locally Tsêre [ˈtsɛʁ(ə)] ⓘ or Tsàrè)[2] is a former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Cheyres has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.1 square kilometers (2.0 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) or 14.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 6.6% is unproductive land.

[4] The municipality is located in the Broye district, on the southern shore of Lake Neuchatel in the extreme western tip of the Estavayer-le-Lac exclave.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Fess bendy Sable and Argent.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (597 or 86.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (66 or 9.6%) and Portuguese is the third (10 or 1.5%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Cheyres is; 77 children or 11.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 79 teenagers or 11.5% are between 10 and 19.

[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 28.6% of the vote.

[9] There were 349 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 14.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 5.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 43.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 9.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 10.9% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 384 or 55.8% were Roman Catholic, while 165 or 24.0% 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.

[18] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 88 students attending 4 classes in Cheyres.