Semsales (French: [sɑ̃sɑl]; Arpitan: Semsâles [ʃɛ̃ˈθɑlɛ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[5] The municipality is located in the Veveyse district, at the foot of the Fribourg pre-alpine mountains (Niremont, Les Alpettes).

It lies along an important transportation axis including; the Bulle-Châtel-Saint-Denis road, the A12 motorway and the Bulle-Palézieux rail line.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure two Columns issuant from as many Mounts all Argent encircled with seven Mullet of Five three and two and two.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (956 or 93.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (29 or 2.8%) and Portuguese is the third (9 or 0.9%).

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.4% of the vote.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 57, of which 48 were in agriculture and 9 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 41 or 48.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 5.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 11 or 12.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 3.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 2.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 9.4% were in education and 3 or 3.5% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 817 or 80.2% were Roman Catholic, while 80 or 7.9% 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] Notably, Semsales has a large percentage of youth who chose to attend post-secondary schools overseas in Canada.

One such resident, Joane Maillard, has gone on to be a "Nova Scotia future women leaders" award winner at the Gerald Schwartz School of Business.