What is the postal code of Bulle FR?

Bulle FR has 3 postal codes: 1630, 1635, 1661.

What is the tax rate in Bulle FR?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bulle FR is 74.3% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Bulle FR?

A single person without children pays about 15'955 CHF income tax in Bulle FR on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bulle FR have?

Bulle FR has 27'276 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bulle FR?

Bulle FR has 12'088 foreign residents, a share of 44.32% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Gruyère

Bulle FR

1630–1661

FR CANTON1630 1635 1661

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

13'810 50.6%

Men

13'466 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

5'933 21.8%

Swiss citizens

15'188 55.7%

Foreign residents

12'088 44.3%

Population density

1'143 pop./km²

0–19 · 5'933 · 21.8%20–64 · 17'047 · 62.5%65+ · 4'296 · 15.8%

Foreign residents 44.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +175 (+0.7%) · 285 births · 167 deaths · net migration +49

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 Bulle FR

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

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

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

29.8% YesNo 70.2%

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

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

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

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

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

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

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

60.1% YesNo 39.9%

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

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

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

38.5% YesNo 61.5%

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

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

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

63.7% YesNo 36.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP26.6% · strongest party

SP26.6%

SVP19.6%

FDP19.2%

Mitte18.0%

GRÜNE10.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier74.3%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

74.3%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 25 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'955 CHF(16%)

Rank 25 of 119 in the canton · 1250 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:15'955 CHF(~16%)

Bulle FRCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bulle FR	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.1%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.6%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.4%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.7%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	13.9%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	16.8%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.4%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.2%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.7%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.1%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.2%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.3%	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 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'278 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'389 m

Mean elevation

856 m

Relief

712 m

Mean slope

7.4°

Flat share

51.3%

South-facing

6.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 712 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

167.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

228.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

37'200

Per inhabitant

6'135 kWh/yr

167 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 range H4

26.48–27.13 Rp./kWh

26.81 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators Groupe E SA · Gruyère Energie S.A.

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Bulle FR →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

0.21 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

12'920

Built before 194612.3%

Built since 200145.4%

0.21 %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

16'957

Workplaces

1'964

Services share

67.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 60 (0.4%) · Secondary 5'495 (32.4%) · Tertiary 11'402 (67.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

619 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 76 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 48/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2125

Websitebulle.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Gruyère

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bulle FR ranks

Largest municipalities27'276 #2 FR · #32 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #69 FR · #998 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #50 FR · #1109 CH Jobs per resident0.62 #11 FR · #314 CH Families & children21.8% #65 FR · #587 CH Age structure15.8% #73 FR · #1913 CH Women share50.6% #20 FR · #575 CH Foreign residents44.3% #2 FR · #44 CH Population density1'143/km² #4 FR · #182 CH Tax burden15'955 #25 FR · #1250 CH Taxes74.3% #25 FR Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #92 FR · #1604 CH Sunniest municipalities46.3% #15 FR · #528 CH Rainiest municipalities1'278 mm #28 FR · #528 CH Voter turnout49% #113 FR · #1859 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #65 FR · #840 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #24 FR · #582 CH SVP strongholds19.6% #110 FR · #1802 CH SP strongholds26.6% #6 FR · #117 CH Centre strongholds18% #74 FR · #643 CH FDP strongholds19.2% #24 FR · #509 CH GLP strongholds2.6% #78 FR · #1662 CH Green strongholds10.8% #38 FR · #463 CH Largest by area23.9 km² #19 FR · #399 CH Highest municipalities804 m #21 FR · #419 CH Second homes10.2% #61 FR · #1174 CH Organic farming0% #92 FR · #1726 CH Best-connected municipalities76 min #69 FR · #1254 CH Remotest municipalities76 min #48 FR · #851 CH Highest peaks1'389 m #20 FR · #508 CH Highest-lying municipalities856 m #29 FR · #547 CH Greatest vertical range712 m #18 FR · #551 CH Steepest municipalities7.4° #48 FR · #1177 CH Solar potential167 GWh #1 FR · #22 CH Solar potential per capita6'135 kWh #115 FR · #1815 CH Cheapest electricity26.81 Rp./kWh #110 FR · #1082 CH Most expensive electricity26.81 Rp./kWh #10 FR · #1025 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Bulle1630 La Tour-de-Trême1635 Le Pâquier-Montbarry1661

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bulle FR?: Bulle FR has 3 postal codes: 1630, 1635, 1661.
What is the tax rate in Bulle FR?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bulle FR is 74.3% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Bulle FR?: A single person without children pays about 15'955 CHF income tax in Bulle FR on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bulle FR have?: Bulle FR has 27'276 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bulle FR?: Bulle FR has 12'088 foreign residents, a share of 44.32% (2025).

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