Saint-Martin, Fribourg

Saint-Martin is first mentioned in 1228 as Sanctus Martinus. ==Geography==

Saint-Martin has an area of . Of this area, or 77.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes, and or 0.7% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6%, and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 13.7% of the total land area is heavily forested, and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.5% is used for growing crops, and 56.5% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. ==Population==

Saint-Martin has a population (as of December 2018) of 1,005. As of 2008, 5.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010), the population has changed at a rate of 11.3%. Migration accounted for 9.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (468 or 92.7%) as their first language. Albanian is the second most commonly spoken language (13 or 2.6%), and German is the third (12 or 2.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. Of the population in the municipality, 184 or about 36.4% were born in Saint-Martin and lived there in 2000. There were 111 or 22.0% who were born in the same canton, while 144 or 28.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 57 or 11.3% were born outside of Switzerland. As of 2000, there were 281 private households in the municipality and an average of 2.9 persons per household. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 1.14%. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:510 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1811 from:start till:272 text:"272" bar:1850 from:start till:435 text:"435" bar:1860 from:start till:494 text:"494" bar:1870 from:start till:461 text:"461" bar:1880 from:start till:422 text:"422" bar:1888 from:start till:421 text:"421" bar:1900 from:start till:442 text:"442" bar:1910 from:start till:425 text:"425" bar:1920 from:start till:510 text:"510" bar:1930 from:start till:432 text:"432" bar:1941 from:start till:444 text:"444" bar:1950 from:start till:434 text:"434" bar:1960 from:start till:365 text:"365" bar:1970 from:start till:312 text:"312" bar:1980 from:start till:329 text:"329" bar:1990 from:start till:382 text:"382" bar:2000 from:start till:505 text:"505" ==Politics==

In the 2011 federal election, the most popular party was the SVP, which received 27.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (24.2%), the CVP (19.0%), and the FDP (10.8%). The SVP lost about 6.4% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election (33.6% in 2007 vs 27.2% in 2011). The SPS moved from third in 2007 (with 24.0%) to second in 2011, the CVP moved from second in 2007 (with 24.9%) to third, and the FDP retained about the same popularity (6.4% in 2007). A total of 296 votes were cast in this election, of which 4 or 1.4% were invalid. ==Economy==

As of 2010, Saint-Martin had an unemployment rate of 1.9%. As of 2008, there were 91 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 39 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector, and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 67 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector. In 2000, there were 20 workers who commuted into the municipality and 174 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 8.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.9% used public transportation to get to work, and 63.3% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the 2000 census, 333 or 65.9% were Roman Catholic, while 66 or 13.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.59% of the population), and there were 40 individuals (or about 7.92% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 11 (or about 2.18% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 53 (or about 10.50% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 15 individuals (or about 2.97% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Saint-Martin, about 158 or (31.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 49 or (9.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 49 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.1% were Swiss men, and 38.8% were Swiss women. During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 91 students attending 5 classes in Saint-Martin. A total of 155 students from the municipality attended any school, either in the municipality or outside of it. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 16 students in the municipality. The municipality had 4 primary classes and 75 students. During the same year, there were no lower secondary classes in the municipality, but 42 students attended lower secondary school in a neighboring municipality. There were no upper Secondary classes or vocational classes, but there were 31 upper Secondary students and 28 upper Secondary vocational students who attended classes in another municipality. The municipality had no non-university Tertiary classes who attended classes in another municipality. As of 2000, there were 41 students in Saint-Martin who came from another municipality, while 35 residents attended schools outside the municipality. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Sable a Semi Eagle issuant displayed Or and Gules a Saltire Or. ==References==