St. Antoni (French: Saint-Antoine; Arpitan: Sent-Antèno [ʃɛ̃t ɑ̃ˈteno] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Of the rest of the land, 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
It consists of the village of St. Antoni and the hamlets of Bächlisbrunnen, Burg, Burgbühl, Guglenberg, Henzenried, Lampertshalden, Lehwil, Mellisried, Ober- and Niedermonten, Niedermuhren, Schwenny, Tutzishaus, Weissenbach and Winterlingen.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Tau Cross issuant with two Bells Sable and Azure three Annulets Argent.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,843 or 95.8%) as their first language, French is the second most common (30 or 1.6%) and Albanian is the third (18 or 0.9%).
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.0% of the vote.
[9] There were 1,083 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.5% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 51 or 29.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 25 or 14.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 17 or 9.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 3.4% were in the information industry, 14 or 8.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 23 or 13.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 7.4% were in education and 3 or 1.7% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,452 or 75.5% were Roman Catholic, while 331 or 17.2% 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 130 students attending 8 classes in St. Antoni.