Bas-Intyamon

Bas-Intyamon (Arpitan: Bâs-Enque-amont) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Bas-Intyamon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 33.3 square kilometers (12.9 sq mi).

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (95.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (2.1%) and Albanian is the third (1.5%).

[7] The entire villages of Estavannens and Villars-sous-Mont are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 30.7% of the vote.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 33 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 33 or 30.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 8.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 2 or 1.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 4 or 3.7% were in education and 48 or 44.4% were in health care.

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.

Landscape in Bas-Intyamon
Aerial view of Villars-sous-Mont (1964)
Enney village and church
Chapel in Villars-sous-Mont