Ferpicloz ( ) is a
municipality
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in the
canton
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of
Fribourg
or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...
in
Switzerland
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History
Ferpicloz is first mentioned in 1270 as ''Ferpecles''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Pichlen;'' however, that name is no longer used.
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Geography
Ferpicloz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.8% is settled (buildings or roads).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 24.8% is used for growing crops and 44.6% is pastures.[
The municipality is located in the Sarine district. This small municipality lies on the ]Fribourg
or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...
-Bulle
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road and includes part of the hamlet
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of Le Mouret.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Per saltire Argent and Gules overall a fleur-de-lys counterchanged.''
Demographics
Ferpicloz has a population () of . , 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
. Retrieved 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 33.1%. Migration accounted for 30.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.3%.
. Retrieved 1 December 2011French
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(157 or 85.8%) as their first language, German
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is the second most common (22 or 12.0%) and Russisch is the third (1 or 0.5%).[
, the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 109 Swiss men (46.2% of the population) and 8 (3.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 109 Swiss women (46.2%) and 10 (4.2%) non-Swiss women.][Canton of Fribourg Statistics]
. Retrieved 3 November 2011 Of the population in the municipality, 41 or about 22.4% were born in Ferpicloz and lived there in 2000. There were 73 or 39.9% who were born in the same canton, while 44 or 24.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 18 or 9.8% were born outside of Switzerland.[
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.8%.][
, there were 67 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 104 married individuals, 8 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000]
. Retrieved 2 February 2011
, there were 66 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.[ There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. , a total of 64 apartments (85.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (4.0%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (10.7%) were empty.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen]
. Retrieved 28 January 2011 , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.3 new units per 1000 residents.[ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.08%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.9%), the FDP (11.2%) and the CVP (9.8%).[Canton of Fribourg National Council Election of 23 October 2011 Statistics]
. Retrieved 3 November 2011
The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (37.4% in 2007 vs 41.7% in 2011). The SPS moved from fourth in 2007 (with 9.4%) to second in 2011, the FDP lost popularity (19.0% in 2007) and the CVP moved from second in 2007 (with 24.6%) to fourth. A total of 86 votes were cast in this election.
Economy
, Ferpicloz had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 5 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 30 people were employed in the secondary sector
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and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 33 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 10 businesses in this sector.[ There were 98 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.9% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 45. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 23 of which 21 or (91.3%) were in manufacturing and 2 (8.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 19. In the tertiary sector; 8 or 42.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 31.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 15.8% were technical professionals or scientists.
, there were 22 workers who commuted into the municipality and 65 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb]
. Retrieved 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 8.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 71.4% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 157 or 85.8% were Roman Catholic
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, while 11 or 6.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.09% of the population), and there were 4 individuals (or about 2.19% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islam
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ic. 6 (or about 3.28% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 4 individuals (or about 2.19% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Ferpicloz about 59 or (32.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education
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, and 32 or (17.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 32 who completed tertiary schooling, 68.8% were Swiss men, 21.9% were Swiss women.[
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
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, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school. 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
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.Chart of the education system in Canton Fribourg
During the 2010–11 school year, there were no students attending school in Ferpicloz, but a total of 45 students attended school in other municipalities. Of these students, 5 were in kindergarten, 15 were in a primary school, 9 were in a mandatory secondary school, 9 were in an upper secondary school and 6 were in a vocational secondary program. There was one tertiary student from the municipality.[
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