Vaulruz (French: [voʁy]; Arpitan: Vâlruz [ˈvoʁy] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Vaulruz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.2 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Gruyère district, on the Bulle-Châtel-Saint-Denis road.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Barrulet wavy Argent abased overall three Pine Trees Vert trunked proper issuant from Coupeaux of the third.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (843 or 96.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (21 or 2.4%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 0.8%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 28.1% of the vote.

[8] There were 450 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 26 or 16.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 3.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 9.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 11 or 6.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 4.4% were in education and 3 or 1.9% were in health care.

From the 2000 census[update], 758 or 86.6% were Roman Catholic, while 33 or 3.8% 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.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 98 students attending 5 classes in Vaulruz.