Saint-Aubin (French: [sɛ̃t‿obɛ̃]; Arpitan: Sent-Arbin [ʃɛ̃t oˈbɛ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
[4] Saint-Aubin has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.9 square kilometers (3.1 sq mi).
Of the rest of the land, 0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km2 (37 acres) or 1.9% is either rivers or lakes.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bulrush eradicated Vert fructed Sable.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,102 or 88.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (75 or 6.1%) and Albanian is the third (19 or 1.5%).
[10] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Saint-Aubin is; 193 children or 15.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 167 teenagers or 13.5% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 29.2% of the vote.
[9] There were 634 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 25 or 14.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 4.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 4.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 113 or 63.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 5.1% were in education and 9 or 5.1% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 826 or 66.7% were Roman Catholic, while 184 or 14.9% 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 136 students attending 7 classes in Saint-Aubin.