Le Mouret (French pronunciation: [lə muʁɛ]) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
It was created on January 1, 2003 from the union of the former municipalities of Bonnefontaine, Essert, Montévraz, Oberried, Praroman, and Zénauva.
[3] Le Mouret has an area, as of 2009[update], of 18.5 square kilometers (7.1 sq mi).
[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (975 or 87.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (104 or 9.3%) and Portuguese is the third (12 or 1.1%).
[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[11] The Former Mineral Baths and the farm house in Praroman at Route de l'Eglise 57 are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.
The entire La Riedera area is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 91, of which 85 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production.
In the tertiary sector; 81 or 22.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 163 or 44.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 3.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 0.8% were in the information industry, 2 or 0.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 8 or 2.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 69 or 18.8% were in education and 13 or 3.5% were in health care.
[7] From the 2000 census[update], 940 or 84.0% were Roman Catholic, while 64 or 5.7% 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 283 students attending 17 classes in Le Mouret.