Morlon (French: [mɔʁlɔ̃], Franco-Provençal: [mɔʁˈlɔ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Morlon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 sq mi).

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (448 or 93.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 2.9%) and English is the third (5 or 1.0%).

[11] 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 21.7% of the vote.

[8] There were 252 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.6% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 94.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, of which 14 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 13.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 31.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 1 was in education and 14 or 31.1% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 400 or 83.3% were Roman Catholic, while 27 or 5.6% 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.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 37 students attending 2 classes in Morlon.