What is the postal code of Belmont-Broye?

Belmont-Broye has 6 postal codes: 1563, 1564, 1580, 1772, 1773, 1776.

What is the tax rate in Belmont-Broye?

The municipal tax multiplier of Belmont-Broye is 78% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Belmont-Broye?

A single person without children pays about 16'264 CHF income tax in Belmont-Broye on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 41 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Belmont-Broye have?

Belmont-Broye has 6'287 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Belmont-Broye?

Belmont-Broye has 1'809 foreign residents, a share of 28.77% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Broye

Belmont-Broye

1563–1776

FR CANTON1563 1564 1580 1772+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'131 49.8%

Men

3'156 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'501 23.9%

Swiss citizens

4'478 71.2%

Foreign residents

1'809 28.8%

Population density

244 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'501 · 23.9%20–64 · 3'905 · 62.1%65+ · 881 · 14.0%

Foreign residents 28.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +139 (+2.3%) · 59 births · 41 deaths · net migration +125

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 Belmont-Broye

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 Broye: 24.9% Yes

24.2% YesNo 75.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 32.3% Yes

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 53.4% Yes

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 50.2% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 31.7% Yes

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 56.5% Yes

55.0% YesNo 45.0%

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 Broye: 25.8% Yes

25.7% YesNo 74.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 40.8% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 51.1% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 61.4% Yes

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP27.6% · strongest party

SVP27.6%

SP22.2%

FDP15.9%

Mitte15.5%

GRÜNE7.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier78%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

78%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 41 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'264 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 41 of 119 in the canton · 1431 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:16'264 CHF(~16.3%)

Belmont-BroyeCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Belmont-Broye	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.3%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.8%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.7%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.1%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.2%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.3%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.6%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.2%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.8%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020969 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

664 m

Mean elevation

522 m

Relief

234 m

Mean slope

5.4°

Flat share

58.0%

South-facing

7.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 234 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

74.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

94.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

16'600

Per inhabitant

11'877 kWh/yr

75 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300558 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Fribourg405 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Belmont-Broye →Canton Fribourg →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

2.71 %

Second homes

9.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'769

Built before 194620.8%

Built since 200142.3%

2.71 %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

2'708

Workplaces

365

Services share

54.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 142 (5.2%) · Secondary 1'095 (40.4%) · Tertiary 1'471 (54.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.7 %

Farmland

1'703 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 74 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 54/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2053

Head of governmentAlbert Pauchard

Websitebelmont-broye.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Belmont-Broye ranks

Largest municipalities6'287 #11 FR · #325 CH Growing municipalities2.3% #31 FR · #289 CH Shrinking municipalities2.3% #88 FR · #1821 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #27 FR · #727 CH Families & children23.9% #27 FR · #179 CH Age structure14% #106 FR · #2047 CH Women share49.8% #48 FR · #1067 CH Foreign residents28.8% #14 FR · #359 CH Population density244/km² #37 FR · #907 CH Tax burden16'264 #41 FR · #1432 CH Taxes78% #41 FR Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #33 FR · #1137 CH Sunniest municipalities43% #100 FR · #1004 CH Rainiest municipalities969 mm #112 FR · #1763 CH Voter turnout49.8% #109 FR · #1793 CH Against Switzerland20.8% #24 FR · #449 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.2% #66 FR · #1010 CH SVP strongholds27.6% #68 FR · #1421 CH SP strongholds22.2% #29 FR · #312 CH Centre strongholds15.5% #102 FR · #795 CH FDP strongholds15.9% #43 FR · #742 CH GLP strongholds2.7% #74 FR · #1648 CH Green strongholds7.7% #87 FR · #929 CH Largest by area25.8 km² #14 FR · #353 CH Highest municipalities443 m #110 FR · #1592 CH Second homes9.3% #76 FR · #1351 CH Organic farming7.7% #54 FR · #1380 CH Best-connected municipalities74 min #64 FR · #1207 CH Remotest municipalities74 min #54 FR · #902 CH Highest peaks664 m #97 FR · #1312 CH Highest-lying municipalities522 m #101 FR · #1333 CH Greatest vertical range234 m #54 FR · #1207 CH Steepest municipalities5.4° #83 FR · #1490 CH Solar potential75 GWh #9 FR · #165 CH Solar potential per capita11'877 kWh #47 FR · #770 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #16 FR · #933 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #23 FR · #1094 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 9

Avenches1580 Chandon1773 Domdidier1564 Dompierre FR1563 Grolley1772 Léchelles1773 Montagny-la-Ville1776 Oleyres1580 Russy1773

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Avenches

VD · 3.1 km

Corcelles-près-Payerne

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Belmont-Broye?: Belmont-Broye has 6 postal codes: 1563, 1564, 1580, 1772, 1773, 1776.
What is the tax rate in Belmont-Broye?: The municipal tax multiplier of Belmont-Broye is 78% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Belmont-Broye?: A single person without children pays about 16'264 CHF income tax in Belmont-Broye on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 41 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Belmont-Broye have?: Belmont-Broye has 6'287 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Belmont-Broye?: Belmont-Broye has 1'809 foreign residents, a share of 28.77% (2025).

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