Gruyère (district)
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Gruyère District District de la Gruyère |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Fribourg
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| Capital | Bulle | |
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| • Total | 489.4 km2 (189.0 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2015) | ||
| • Total | 52,540 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipalities | 25 | |
| Website | Gruyère | |
Gruyère (French: District de la Gruyère) is one of seven districts of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It has a population of 52,540 (as of 31 December 2015). Its capital is Bulle.
The blazon of the district coat of arms is Gules, a Crane rising Argent.
Gruyère has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 52,540. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (33,578 or 88.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,929 or 5.1%) and Portuguese is the third (939 or 2.5%). There are 247 people who speak Italian and 11 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 17,510 Swiss men (38.5% of the population) and 5,010 (11.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 18,688 Swiss women (41.1%) and 4,294 (9.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district, 12,654 or about 33.2% were born in Gruyère and lived there in 2000. There were 13,900 or 36.5% who were born in the same canton, while 4,300 or 11.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 5,784 or 15.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 16,301 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 17,680 married individuals, 2,347 widows or widowers and 1,742 individuals who are divorced.
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