What is the postal code of Belfaux?

Belfaux has 2 postal codes: 1720, 1782.

What is the tax rate in Belfaux?

The municipal tax multiplier of Belfaux is 84% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Belfaux?

A single person without children pays about 16'766 CHF income tax in Belfaux on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Belfaux have?

Belfaux has 3'488 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Belfaux?

Belfaux has 1'233 foreign residents, a share of 35.35% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Sarine

Belfaux

1720–1782

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'755 50.3%

Men

1'733 49.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

851 24.4%

Swiss citizens

2'255 64.7%

Foreign residents

1'233 35.4%

Population density

393 pop./km²

0–19 · 851 · 24.4%20–64 · 2'116 · 60.7%65+ · 521 · 14.9%

Foreign residents 35.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +36 (+1%) · 34 births · 18 deaths · net migration +24

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Belfaux

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 34.4% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 24.3% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 43.8% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 35.4% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 26.9% Yes

27.4% YesNo 72.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 60.6% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 37.4% Yes

31.1% YesNo 68.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 30.7% Yes

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 42.8% Yes

44.6% YesNo 55.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 67.8% Yes

66.1% YesNo 33.9%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte27.1% · strongest party

Mitte27.1%

SP25.7%

SVP20.4%

GRÜNE10.0%

FDP8.6%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier84%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

84%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 70 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'766 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 70 of 119 in the canton · 1745 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'515 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Greng 12'414 CHF · most expensive Jaun 18'106 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'766 CHF(~16.8%)

BelfauxCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Belfaux	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.5%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.1%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12.1%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	20.1%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.9%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.8%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	22.3–30.4%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'026 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

736 m

Mean elevation

634 m

Relief

176 m

Mean slope

6°

Flat share

44.7%

South-facing

18.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 176 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

24.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'400

Per inhabitant

6'987 kWh/yr

24 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

26.48 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

26.48 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.48 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Groupe E SA

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300607 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Fribourg405 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Belfaux →Canton Fribourg →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Fribourg. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Fribourg (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.51 %

Second homes

7.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'473

Built before 194617.3%

Built since 200129.6%

2.51 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

851

Workplaces

180

Services share

61.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 76 (8.9%) · Secondary 251 (29.5%) · Tertiary 524 (61.6%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.8 %

Farmland

588 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 76 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 51/119 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2175

Websitebelfaux.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Sarine

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Belfaux ranks

Largest municipalities3'488 #24 FR · #634 CH Growing municipalities1% #56 FR · #766 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #63 FR · #1337 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #75 FR · #1576 CH Families & children24.4% #18 FR · #126 CH Age structure14.9% #94 FR · #1995 CH Women share50.3% #28 FR · #725 CH Foreign residents35.4% #8 FR · #149 CH Population density393/km² #17 FR · #624 CH Tax burden16'766 #70 FR · #1745 CH Taxes84% #70 FR Warmest municipalities9 °C #52 FR · #1359 CH Sunniest municipalities43.7% #78 FR · #891 CH Rainiest municipalities1'026 mm #88 FR · #1507 CH Voter turnout55% #53 FR · #1205 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #60 FR · #768 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #28 FR · #659 CH SVP strongholds20.4% #108 FR · #1772 CH SP strongholds25.7% #9 FR · #145 CH Centre strongholds27.1% #10 FR · #298 CH FDP strongholds8.6% #103 FR · #1541 CH GLP strongholds3% #63 FR · #1586 CH Green strongholds10% #50 FR · #578 CH Largest by area8.9 km² #64 FR · #1055 CH Highest municipalities640 m #76 FR · #715 CH Second homes7.1% #106 FR · #1808 CH Organic farming11.8% #39 FR · #1095 CH Best-connected municipalities76 min #72 FR · #1257 CH Remotest municipalities76 min #51 FR · #854 CH Highest peaks736 m #77 FR · #1109 CH Highest-lying municipalities634 m #82 FR · #918 CH Greatest vertical range176 m #74 FR · #1458 CH Steepest municipalities6° #71 FR · #1396 CH Solar potential24 GWh #46 FR · #863 CH Solar potential per capita6'987 kWh #111 FR · #1677 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #51 FR · #968 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #58 FR · #1129 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Autafond1782 Belfaux1782 Chésopelloz1720

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Belfaux?: Belfaux has 2 postal codes: 1720, 1782.
What is the tax rate in Belfaux?: The municipal tax multiplier of Belfaux is 84% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Belfaux?: A single person without children pays about 16'766 CHF income tax in Belfaux on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Belfaux have?: Belfaux has 3'488 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Belfaux?: Belfaux has 1'233 foreign residents, a share of 35.35% (2025).

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