Estavayer-le-Lac (French: [ɛstavaje l(ə) lak];[2] Arpitan: Estavalyér-le-Lèc, locally Thavalyi-le-Lé[3] [θavaˈʎi lə ˈle] ⓘ) is a historical town and former Swiss municipality of the canton of Fribourg, situated on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel.

[4] On 1 January 2017 Bussy, Morens, Murist, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.

[5] Following the 2012 merger of Font, the total area increased to 8.9 square kilometers (3.4 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located in the Broye district, on the southern bank of Lake Neuchatel at an elevation of 430 to 460 meters (1,410 to 1,510 ft).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and Argent three bars wavy of the first, overall a double rose of the first barbed and seeded proper.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,602 or 81.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (256 or 5.8%) and Albanian is the third (165 or 3.7%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Estavayer-le-Lac is; 590 children or 13.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 685 teenagers or 15.4% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[13][14] The De Rivaz Chapel, the Sacré-Coeur Chapel, the Chenaux Castle, the Collegiate church of Saint-Laurent, the Convent of the Dominican nuns, the town fortifications, the House de la Dîme and the House des Sires d’Estavayer listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire town of Estavayer-le-Lac is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] There were 2,066 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, of which 18 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 247 or 21.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 59 or 5.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 87 or 7.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 1.0% were in the information industry, 51 or 4.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 92 or 7.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 142 or 12.1% were in education and 376 or 32.0% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 2,853 or 64.3% were Roman Catholic, while 533 or 12.0% 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.