buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.4%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.2%). Of the single family homes 21 were built before 1919, while 39 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (108) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (23) were built between 1971 and 1980 and the next most (12) were built before 1919. There were 2 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000. there were 574 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 171. There were 12 single room apartments and 226 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 534 apartments (93.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 28 apartments (4.9%) were seasonally occupied and 12 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.47%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Twin Town Froideville is twinned with the town of La Pacaudière, France. Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 28.52% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (18.8%), the FDP (14.25%) and the Green Party (10.84%). In the federal election, a total of 545 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.5%. Economy , Froideville had an unemployment rate of 2.7%. , there were 17 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 17 businesses in this sector. 113 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 37 businesses in this sector. There were 773 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 131. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 39 of which 20 or (51.3%) were in manufacturing and 20 (51.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 78. In the tertiary sector; 18 or 23.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair