Courgevaux (French: [kuʁʒəvo]; Arpitan: Corgevâlx [kɔʁdzəˈvu] ⓘ; German: Gurwolf) is a municipality in the district of See or district du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Courgevaux has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.4 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi) or 16.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable, a Wolf rampant Argent langued Gules.

[8] A little more than half of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (510 or 56.5%) as their first language, French is the second most common (272 or 40.1%) and Portuguese is the third (36 or 4.0%).

[8] 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 26.4% of the vote.

[8] There were 494 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 383.

In the tertiary sector; 81 or 63.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 1.6% were in the information industry, 12 or 9.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 3.1% were in education and 15 or 11.7% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 294 or 32.6% were Roman Catholic, while 401 or 44.4% 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 56 students attending 3 classes in Courgevaux.