Sévaz is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, issuant from two Mounts as many Columns Argent and on a Chief of the same three Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper.
[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (130 or 89.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (9 or 6.2%) and English is the third (2 or 1.4%).
[9] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Sévaz is; 19 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 14 teenagers or 9.7% are between 10 and 19.
[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The Iron Age metal workshop at Tudinges is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.3% of the vote.
[8] There were 78 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 28 or 36.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 33 or 42.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 2.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 111 or 76.6% were Roman Catholic, while 21 or 14.5% 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.
[18] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 21 students attending one class in Sévaz.