Corpataux-Magnedens

Corpataux-Magnedens is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[1] On 1 January 2016 it merged with Farvagny, Le Glèbe, Rossens and Vuisternens-en-Ogoz to form the new municipality of Gibloux.

Of the rest of the land, 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 18.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes.

[3] Of the built-up area, housing and buildings comprised 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Saltire in chief a Maltese Cross and in base a Ram all Argent.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (738 or 92.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (45 or 5.6%) and Italian is the third (7 or 0.9%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[10][11] In the 2011 federal election, the most popular party was the SPS which received 36.7% of the vote.

[6] There were 424 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 7.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 10.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 14.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 25.0% were in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 646 or 80.5% were Roman Catholic, while 44 or 5.5% 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.