Prez-vers-Noréaz (French pronunciation: [pʁe vɛʁ nɔʁea]) is a former municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Prez-vers-Noréaz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.7 square kilometers (2.2 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Semi Lion rampant isuant Gules and Azure.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (734 or 91.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (49 or 6.1%) and Danish is the third (10 or 1.2%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 28.4% of the vote.

[8] There were 411 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 34, of which 31 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 13 or 28.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 26.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 13.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 10.9% were in education and 2 or 4.3% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 663 or 82.3% were Roman Catholic, while 70 or 8.7% 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.