Crésuz

Crésuz (French: [kʁezy]; Arpitan: Crèsuz, locally Kreju [ˈkʁəʒy] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Crésuz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.8 square kilometers (0.69 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, above the Lac de Montsalvens.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, on a Fess Argent a Crow Sable passant and in base Coupeaux Vert.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (177 or 77.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (42 or 18.3%) and Portuguese is the third (4 or 1.7%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 29.3% of the vote.

[8] There were 103 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 14.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 185 or 80.8% were Roman Catholic, while 22 or 9.6% 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.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 33 students attending 2 classes in Crésuz.

Aerial view (1964)