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District de la Veveyse

Fribourg

District de la Veveyse is one of 7 districts of the canton of Fribourg and comprises 9 municipalities with 21'950 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.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in District de la Veveyse

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
51.4% YesNo 48.6%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
48.2% YesNo 51.8%
26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FRRejected · 31.4% Yes
29.9% YesNo 70.1%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
58.2% YesNo 41.8%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
39.4% YesNo 60.7%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
49.5% YesNo 50.5%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP29.2% · strongest party
SVP29.2%
SP19.9%
Mitte19.2%
FDP13.6%
GRÜNE10.5%
GLP3.4%
CSP1.6%
EDU1.2%
EVP0.8%
Übrige0.5%
Attalens
78.5 %
median of its municipalities
86 %
Le Flon
93.8 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 78.5 % % in Attalens to 93.8 % % in Le Flon (median 86 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16.3 % in Attalens to 17.6 % in Le Flon (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.26 %
Dwellings
10'403
Avg. rooms
3.7
Built before 1946
21.8%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+302 +1.4%
births
239
deaths
126
net migration
+202
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
7'256
Workplaces
1'551
Services share
63.3 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 494 (6.8%) · Secondary 2'166 (29.9%) · Tertiary 4'596 (63.3%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
172
Organic share
15.1 %
Farmland
5'841 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
7.5 °C
Precipitation
1'473 mm
Elevation
631–1'987 m
Flat share
30.4%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
221 GWh
Electricity
26.5 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
56 min
Road to centre
41 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (26.48126.481 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to District de la Veveyse?
District de la Veveyse comprises 9 municipalities: Châtel-Saint-Denis, Attalens, Bossonnens, Semsales, Remaufens, La Verrerie, Le Flon, Saint-Martin, Granges. Together they have 21'950 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is District de la Veveyse in?
District de la Veveyse lies in the canton of Fribourg, which is divided into 7 districts.
How many people live in District de la Veveyse?
District de la Veveyse has 21'950 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 9 municipalities; the largest is Châtel-Saint-Denis with 8'931.
Does District de la Veveyse have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de la Veveyse the municipal rate ranges from 78.5 % (Attalens) to 93.8 % (Le Flon).
How did District de la Veveyse vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, District de la Veveyse voted 51.4 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.