Giffers (French: Chevrilles; Arpitan: Chevrilyes [tsəˈvʁiʎə] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located in the Sense district, on the Ärgera/Gérine river 7 km (4.3 mi) south-east of Fribourg.

It consists of the linear village of Giffers and the hamlets of Färtschera, Gauchetli, Matte, Neustatt, Popplera and Vorsatz.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quarterly Or and Gules, four Quatrefoils counterchanged.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,281 or 92.0%) as their first language, French is the second most common (95 or 6.8%) and English is the third (2 or 0.1%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 29.6% of the vote.

[9] There were 745 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 41 or 24.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 4.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 6.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.2% were in the information industry, 14 or 8.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 6 or 3.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 11.4% were in education and 42 or 25.1% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,160 or 83.3% were Roman Catholic, while 123 or 8.8% 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.