Pont-la-Ville (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ la vil]; Arpitan: Pont-la-Vela [ˈpɔ̃ na ˈvəla] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Pont-la-Ville has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.3 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 8.1%.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Bridge masoned Argent issuant from water proper.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (424 or 92.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (21 or 4.6%) and Portuguese is the third (4 or 0.9%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 36.6% of the vote.

[8] There were 238 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 8.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 17 or 68.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 4 or 16.0% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 400 or 87.1% were Roman Catholic, while 14 or 3.1% 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 56 students attending 3 classes in Pont-la-Ville.