Froideville is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Froideville has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.08 square kilometers (2.73 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) or 10.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,326 or 91.3%), with German being second most common (77 or 5.3%) and Italian being third (13 or 0.9%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Froideville is; 228 children or 13.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 236 teenagers or 13.7% are between 10 and 19.

[12] About 65.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] Froideville is twinned with the town of La Pacaudière, France.

[16] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.52% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 545 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.5%.

[9] There were 773 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 131.

In the tertiary sector; 18 or 23.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 5.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 7.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 5.1% were in the information industry, 8 or 10.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 20 or 25.6% were in education and 3 or 3.8% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 373 or 25.7% were Roman Catholic, while 795 or 54.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[20] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.

[21] As of 2000[update], there were 140 students from Froideville who attended schools outside the municipality.