Hauteville (French: [otvil]; Arpitan: Hôtavela [otaˈvəla] ⓘ) is a municipality within the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Hauteville has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.5 square kilometers (4.1 sq mi).

It consists of the village of Hauteville and the hamlets of Impart, Le Ru and Longemort.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a bend Argent overall a Palm Branch Vert in pale.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (427 or 92.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (24 or 5.2%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 1.5%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The Farm House at Route de l'Église 47 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.7% of the vote.

[8] There were 225 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 50.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 368 or 79.3% were Roman Catholic, while 41 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.

[18] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 33 students attending 2 classes in Hauteville.