Ueberstorf is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Of the rest of the land, 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi) or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
It is located on the Flamatt-Schwarzenburg road and consists of two village centers and a settlement around the church as well as numerous small hamlets.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of Six Argent and Azure a Lion rampant Gules.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,054 or 97.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (19 or 0.9%) and Swedish is the third (6 or 0.3%).
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 40.2% of the vote.
[14] The CVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (44.6% in 2007 vs 40.2% in 2011).
[9] There were 1,199 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 45 or 33.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 6.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 13.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 12 or 9.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 7 or 5.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 12 or 9.0% were in education and 3 or 2.2% were in health care.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,281 or 60.6% were Roman Catholic, while 641 or 30.3% 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 221 students attending 12 classes in Ueberstorf.