Ménières (French: [menjɛʁ]; Arpitan: Meniéres [məˈɲiʁ(ə)] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

[3] Ménières has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.4 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (280 or 94.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 4.7%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Ménières is; 42 children or 14.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 38 teenagers or 12.8% 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 41.1% of the vote.

[8] There were 148 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 11 or 34.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 12.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 9.4% were in education and 7 or 21.9% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 235 or 79.1% were Roman Catholic, while 35 or 11.8% 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.

[17] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 50 students attending 3 classes in Ménières.