What is the postal code of Broc?

Broc has 2 postal codes: 1636, 1653.

What is the tax rate in Broc?

The municipal tax multiplier of Broc is 92% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Broc?

A single person without children pays about 17'436 CHF income tax in Broc on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Broc have?

Broc has 2'957 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Broc?

Broc has 1'068 foreign residents, a share of 36.12% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Gruyère

Broc

1636–1653

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'521 51.4%

Men

1'436 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

623 21.1%

Swiss citizens

1'889 63.9%

Foreign residents

1'068 36.1%

Population density

295 pop./km²

0–19 · 623 · 21.1%20–64 · 1'783 · 60.3%65+ · 551 · 18.6%

Foreign residents 36.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +109 (+3.8%) · 17 births · 21 deaths · net migration +112

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 Broc

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 Gruyère: 26.9% Yes

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 32.7% Yes

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 52.8% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 49.7% Yes

47.1% YesNo 52.9%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 29.1% Yes

23.8% YesNo 76.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 56.2% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

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 Gruyère: 26.9% Yes

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 38.6% Yes

35.1% YesNo 64.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 51.2% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Gruyère: 62.6% Yes

64.7% YesNo 35.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP24.6% · strongest party

SP24.6%

SVP23.3%

FDP19.6%

Mitte17.4%

GRÜNE9.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier92%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

92%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 111 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'436 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 110 of 119 in the canton · 2005 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:17'436 CHF(~17.4%)

BrocCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Broc	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.8%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.5%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	14%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	16.3%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	18.4%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	19.2%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	20%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	20.9%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.7%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.8%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.7%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	27.2%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	28.3%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'061 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'788 m

Mean elevation

929 m

Relief

1'114 m

Mean slope

20.3°

Flat share

22.6%

South-facing

4.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'114 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

19.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

27 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'400

Per inhabitant

6'628 kWh/yr

20 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 Broc →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

5.23 %

Second homes

11.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

1'473

Built before 194624.6%

Built since 200128.2%

5.23 %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

1'054

Workplaces

147

Services share

64.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 12 (1.1%) · Secondary 365 (34.6%) · Tertiary 677 (64.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

130 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 84 min · Car 49 min

AgglomerationPT 16 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 32/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2124

Websitebroc.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Gruyère

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Broc ranks

Largest municipalities2'957 #29 FR · #738 CH Growing municipalities3.8% #13 FR · #104 CH Shrinking municipalities3.8% #106 FR · #2005 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #42 FR · #999 CH Families & children21.1% #78 FR · #778 CH Age structure18.6% #40 FR · #1528 CH Women share51.4% #10 FR · #253 CH Foreign residents36.1% #7 FR · #138 CH Population density295/km² #28 FR · #788 CH Tax burden17'436 #110 FR · #2005 CH Taxes92% #111 FR Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #71 FR · #1502 CH Sunniest municipalities46.7% #8 FR · #485 CH Rainiest municipalities1'061 mm #74 FR · #1319 CH Voter turnout51.3% #100 FR · #1663 CH Against Switzerland16.8% #56 FR · #742 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.2% #33 FR · #713 CH SVP strongholds23.3% #94 FR · #1647 CH SP strongholds24.6% #15 FR · #192 CH Centre strongholds17.4% #80 FR · #673 CH FDP strongholds19.6% #20 FR · #481 CH GLP strongholds2.1% #97 FR · #1742 CH Green strongholds9% #66 FR · #705 CH Largest by area10 km² #56 FR · #961 CH Highest municipalities718 m #59 FR · #565 CH Second homes11.8% #41 FR · #924 CH Organic farming0% #91 FR · #1725 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #87 FR · #1431 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #32 FR · #673 CH Highest peaks1'788 m #10 FR · #392 CH Highest-lying municipalities929 m #16 FR · #482 CH Greatest vertical range1'114 m #9 FR · #427 CH Steepest municipalities20.3° #8 FR · #388 CH Solar potential20 GWh #62 FR · #1027 CH Solar potential per capita6'628 kWh #113 FR · #1737 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #35 FR · #952 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #42 FR · #1113 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

1636

Broc

1653

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Broc1636 Châtel-sur-Montsalvens1653

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Botterens

FR · 1.8 km

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Broc?: Broc has 2 postal codes: 1636, 1653.
What is the tax rate in Broc?: The municipal tax multiplier of Broc is 92% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Broc?: A single person without children pays about 17'436 CHF income tax in Broc on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Broc have?: Broc has 2'957 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Broc?: Broc has 1'068 foreign residents, a share of 36.12% (2025).

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