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| subject_name = Romont
| image_photo = Picswiss FR-11-04.jpg
| municipality_name = Romont
| municipality_type = municipality
| imagepath_coa = Romont (Fribourg)-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=
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| languages = French
| canton = Fribourg
| iso-code-region = CH-FR
| district = [[Glâne (district)|Glâne]]
|coordinates = {{coord|46|42|N|6|55|E|display=inline,title}}
|lat_NS=N
|long_EW=E
| postal_code = 1680
| municipality_code = 2096
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'''Romont''' ({{IPA-|fr|ʁɔmɔ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Romont.wav}}; {{lang-frp|Remont}} {{IPA-frp|ʁəˈmɔ̃||frp-greverin-Remon.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] and capital of the district of [[Glâne (district)|Glâne]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Fribourg (canton)|Fribourg]] in [[Switzerland]].
 
==History==
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File:Romont, Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu.JPG|Cistercian Abbey Church of Notre-Dame de la Fille-Dieu
File:Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu interior - restored sanctuary and modern stained glass of Brian Clarke.jpg|interiorInterior of the restored abbey church of Notre Dame de la Fille-Dieu
File:Romont chateau1 ag1.jpg|The castle
File:Romont eglise1 ag1.jpg|Collegiate church of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption
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==Twin Towntown==
Romont is [[town twinning|twinned]] with the town of
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==Religion==
[[File:Romontclocher.jpg|thumb|upright|Church tower in Romont]]
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 2,843 or 71.7% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 254 or 6.4% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 120 [[Orthodox Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 3.03% of the population), there were 5 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 77 individuals (or about 1.94% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 253 (or about 6.38% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic. 175 (or about 4.41% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 273 individuals (or about 6.89% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
 
==Weather==
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==Education==
In Romont about 1,081 or (27.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 356 or (9.0%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''{{lang|de|[[Fachhochschule]]''}}). Of the 356 who completed tertiary schooling, 60.4% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women, 7.3% were non-Swiss men and 7.9% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
 
The Canton of Fribourg school system provides one year of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]], 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 (school)|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]].<ref>[http://www.fr.ch/dics/de/pub/ausbildung.htm Chart of the education system in Canton Fribourg] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
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==Transportation==
The municipality has a railway station, {{rws|Romont FR}}, on the [[Lausanne–Bern railway|Lausanne–Bern]] and [[Bulle–Romont railway|Bulle–Romont line]]s. It has regular service to {{rws|Geneva Airport}}, {{rws|Lucerne}}, {{rws|Bern}}, {{rws|Bulle}}, {{rws|Allaman}}, and {{rws|Fribourg/Freiburg}}.
 
==Notable people ==
* [[A. F. P. Hulsewé]] (1910 – 1993 in Romont) a Dutch Sinologist, scholar, educator, and author; lived in Romont from 1975
* [[Pierrette Micheloud]] (1915 in Romont – 2007) a Swiss writer and painter
* [[Pierre Hemmer (entrepreneur)|Pierre Hemmer]] (1950-20131950–2013) an internet pioneer, his father was citizen of Romont in 1923
* [[Michel Peiry]] (1959 in Romont) known as the ''Sadist of Romont'', a Swiss serial killer of 11 hitchhikers between 1981 and 1987
 
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