Wallenried (French name: Esserts; Arpitan: Èssèrsâ [esəˈʃɑ] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It was one of the municipalities with a large minority of German speakers in a French speaking region.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (168 or 53.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (137 or 43.6%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.6%).

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[9] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.8% of the vote.

[10] The SVP lost about 5.4% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election (35.2% in 2007 vs 29.8% in 2011).

[5] There were 168 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 52.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles and 2 or 9.1% were technical professionals or scientists.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 185 or 58.9% were Roman Catholic, while 91 or 29.0% 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.