Le Flon

Le Flon is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (95.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (2.4%) and Portuguese is the third (0.8%).

[8] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.1% of the vote.

[10] The SVP lost about 5.1% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election (30.2% in 2007 vs 25.1% in 2011).

In the tertiary sector; 16 or 48.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 6.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 9.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 8 or 24.2% were in education and 1 was in health care.

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.

[13] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 114 students attending 6 classes in Le Flon.