Grangettes (Arpitan: Grangètes [ɡʁɑ̃ˈdzətɛ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
[3] Grangettes has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.3 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).
[4] The municipality is located on the south-west flank of Mont Gibloux and on the right bank of the Neirigue.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, between two Mullets Argent on a Bend of the same three Barns Gules.
[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (153 or 97.5%) as their first language, Spanish is the second most common (3 or 1.9%) and German is the third (1 or 0.6%).
[9] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Grangettes is; 20 children or 12.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 28 teenagers or 17.8% are between 10 and 19.
[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 39.9% of the vote.
[8] There were 81 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.9% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, of which 3 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles and 1 was in education.
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 139 or 88.5% were Roman Catholic, while 11 or 7.0% 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.