Zumholz is a former municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

[2] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Fleur-de-lis Argent and in chief a Mullet of the same.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (447 or 97.4%) as their first language, French is the second most common (6 or 1.3%) and Italian is the third (3 or 0.7%).

[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 28.3% of the vote.

[5] There were 227 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 10 or 28.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 11.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 10 or 28.6% were technical professionals or scientists, and 5 or 14.3% were in health care.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 349 or 76.0% were Roman Catholic, while 68 or 14.8% 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.

[7] As of 2000[update], there were 93 students from Zumholz who attended schools outside the municipality.