[3] Gempenach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.7 square kilometers (0.66 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the See/Lac district, about 6 km (3.7 mi) north-east of Murten along the border with the Canton of Bern.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a House Argent to its sinister a pine tree Vert trunked proper and issuant from sinister a Bush of the Third all issuant from a Base of the last.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (274 or 97.5%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (4 or 1.4%) and French is the third (2 or 0.7%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 53.9% of the vote.

[13] The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (55.9% in 2007 vs 53.9% in 2011).

[8] There were 150 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 18.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 25.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 31.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 9.4% were in the information industry, 4 or 12.5% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 26 or 9.3% were Roman Catholic, while 229 or 81.5% 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.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 44 students attending 2 classes in Gempenach.