Siviriez (French: [sivʁije]; Arpitan: Severié [ʃəvəˈʁi] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Siviriez has an area, as of 2009[update], of 20.3 square kilometers (7.8 sq mi).

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Barrulet wavy Azure abased, overall a Semi Lion rampant Or issuant from coupeaux Argent and in chief two Mullets of the third pierced.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (902 or 93.5%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (26 or 2.7%) and German is the third (17 or 1.8%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Chavannes-les-Forts is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 26.1% of the vote.

[9] There were 440 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 144, of which 142 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 50 or 30.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 2.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 11 or 6.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 11 or 6.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 17 or 10.3% were in education and 60 or 36.4% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 827 or 85.7% were Roman Catholic, while 30 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.

[19] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 221 students attending 15 classes in Siviriez.