What is the postal code of Bösingen?

Bösingen has 3 postal codes: 3178, 3184, 3185.

What is the tax rate in Bösingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bösingen is 76% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Bösingen?

A single person without children pays about 16'097 CHF income tax in Bösingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 34 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bösingen have?

Bösingen has 3'336 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bösingen?

Bösingen has 352 foreign residents, a share of 10.55% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk Sense

Bösingen

3178–3185

FR CANTON3178 3184 3185

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'675 50.2%

Men

1'661 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

636 19.1%

Swiss citizens

2'984 89.5%

Foreign residents

352 10.6%

Population density

233 pop./km²

0–19 · 636 · 19.1%20–64 · 1'879 · 56.3%65+ · 821 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 10.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −24 (−0.7%) · 15 births · 27 deaths · net migration −17

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 Bösingen

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 Bezirk Sense: 24.2% Yes

17.8% YesNo 82.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 27.3% Yes

22.9% YesNo 77.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 50.6% Yes

56.0% YesNo 44.0%

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

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 37.8% Yes

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 51.6% Yes

50.7% YesNo 49.3%

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 Bezirk Sense: 22.9% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 38.2% Yes

36.5% YesNo 63.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 36.5% Yes

33.1% YesNo 66.9%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 74.9% Yes

75.6% YesNo 24.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.6% · strongest party

SVP31.6%

Mitte26.6%

SP14.8%

FDP9.9%

GRÜNE7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

76%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 34 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'097 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 34 of 119 in the canton · 1330 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:16'097 CHF(~16.1%)

BösingenCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bösingen	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.2%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.7%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.9%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.8%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.6%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.4%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.1%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.4%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.5%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'019 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

656 m

Mean elevation

564 m

Relief

174 m

Mean slope

5.2°

Flat share

61.0%

South-facing

5.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 174 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

38.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

49.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'500

Per inhabitant

11'472 kWh/yr

38 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 Bösingen →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

0.97 %

Second homes

5.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'541

Built before 194616.3%

Built since 200119.5%

0.97 %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

1'029

Workplaces

234

Services share

58.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 125 (12.1%) · Secondary 303 (29.4%) · Tertiary 601 (58.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.9 %

Farmland

1'143 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 52 min · Car 29 min

AgglomerationPT 43 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 106/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2295

Websiteboesingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Sense

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bösingen ranks

Largest municipalities3'336 #25 FR · #664 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #101 FR · #1721 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #18 FR · #388 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #53 FR · #1231 CH Families & children19.1% #100 FR · #1419 CH Age structure24.6% #7 FR · #442 CH Women share50.2% #33 FR · #797 CH Foreign residents10.6% #104 FR · #1662 CH Population density233/km² #43 FR · #936 CH Tax burden16'097 #34 FR · #1330 CH Taxes76% #34 FR Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #29 FR · #1049 CH Sunniest municipalities42.9% #102 FR · #1015 CH Rainiest municipalities1'019 mm #91 FR · #1543 CH Voter turnout57.1% #29 FR · #938 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #87 FR · #1368 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #3 FR · #94 CH SVP strongholds31.6% #44 FR · #1171 CH SP strongholds14.8% #90 FR · #962 CH Centre strongholds26.6% #12 FR · #309 CH FDP strongholds9.9% #91 FR · #1406 CH GLP strongholds5.4% #14 FR · #1105 CH Green strongholds7.3% #93 FR · #1023 CH Largest by area14.3 km² #37 FR · #678 CH Highest municipalities550 m #92 FR · #1002 CH Second homes5.6% #117 FR · #2001 CH Organic farming7.9% #53 FR · #1371 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #15 FR · #525 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #106 FR · #1575 CH Highest peaks656 m #99 FR · #1340 CH Highest-lying municipalities564 m #95 FR · #1153 CH Greatest vertical range174 m #76 FR · #1467 CH Steepest municipalities5.2° #87 FR · #1527 CH Solar potential38 GWh #26 FR · #495 CH Solar potential per capita11'472 kWh #57 FR · #830 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #88 FR · #1005 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #95 FR · #1166 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Bösingen3178 Schmitten FR3185 Wünnewil3184

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bösingen?: Bösingen has 3 postal codes: 3178, 3184, 3185.
What is the tax rate in Bösingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bösingen is 76% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Bösingen?: A single person without children pays about 16'097 CHF income tax in Bösingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 34 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bösingen have?: Bösingen has 3'336 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bösingen?: Bösingen has 352 foreign residents, a share of 10.55% (2025).

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