Bezirk Sense
FribourgBezirk Sense is one of 7 districts of the canton of Fribourg and comprises 15 municipalities with 46'950 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
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Municipalities in Bezirk Sense
BFS · 15Votes in Bezirk Sense
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 75 % % in St. Ursen to 95 % % in Plasselb (median 84 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16 % in St. Ursen to 17.7 % in Plasselb (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (26.481–26.481 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Sense rank
sum of its municipalities5 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Sense?
- Bezirk Sense comprises 15 municipalities: Düdingen, Tafers, Wünnewil-Flamatt, Schmitten, Plaffeien, Bösingen, Ueberstorf, Giffers, Heitenried, St. Ursen, Tentlingen, Rechthalten, Plasselb, St. Silvester, Brünisried. Together they have 46'950 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Sense in?
- Bezirk Sense lies in the canton of Fribourg, which is divided into 7 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Sense?
- Bezirk Sense has 46'950 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 15 municipalities; the largest is Düdingen with 9'333.
- Does Bezirk Sense have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Sense the municipal rate ranges from 75 % (St. Ursen) to 95 % (Plasselb).
- How did Bezirk Sense vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Sense voted 24.2 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.