Misery-Courtion

Misery-Courtion (French: [mizəʁi kuʁtijɔ̃]; Arpitan: Miseri-Cortion) is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It was formed on January 1, 1997 by the union of the villages of Misery, Courtion, Cormérod, and Cournillens.

Of the rest of the land, 0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Or and Gules overall a Quatrefoil Vert slipped.

The four leaved clover stands for the four former municipalities of Cormerod, Cournillens, Courtion and Misery.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,064 or 86.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (114 or 9.3%) and Portuguese is the third (14 or 1.1%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[13][14] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 29.7% of the vote.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 89, of which 76 were in agriculture and 13 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 16 or 14.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 1.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 12.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 3.6% were in the information industry, 3 or 2.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 8.2% were in education and 47 or 42.7% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 950 or 77.1% were Roman Catholic, while 118 or 9.6% 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.