Tentlingen (French: Tinterin; Arpitan: Tenterens [tɛ̃təˈʁɛ̃] ⓘ) is a 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, 0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi) or 15.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km2 (25 acres) or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located in the Sense district, above the Ärgera/Gérine canyon and south-east of Fribourg.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per saltire Argent and Gules overall in chief a Yoke Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (998 or 87.0%) as their first language, French is the second most common (112 or 9.8%) and Albanian is the third (13 or 1.1%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.2% of the vote.

[9] There were 589 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 42 or 33.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 4.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 4.0% were technical professionals or scientists, and 69 or 55.2% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 946 or 82.5% were Roman Catholic, while 98 or 8.5% 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.