Vuadens (French: [vɥadɑ̃s]; Arpitan: Vouadens [vwaˈdɛ̃] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Vuadens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.4 square kilometers (4.0 sq mi).

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,549 or 93.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (32 or 1.9%) and Portuguese is the third (29 or 1.8%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 27.4% of the vote.

[8] There were 782 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 397.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 62, of which 55 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 120 of which 46 or (38.3%) were in manufacturing and 66 (55.0%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 89 or 41.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 10 or 4.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 11.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.9% were in the information industry, 4 or 1.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 27 or 12.6% were in education and 47 or 21.9% were in health care.

From the 2000 census[update], 1,411 or 85.2% were Roman Catholic, while 81 or 4.9% 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 256 students attending 12 classes in Vuadens.