What is the postal code of Châtel-Saint-Denis?

Châtel-Saint-Denis has 2 postal codes: 1618, 1619.

What is the tax rate in Châtel-Saint-Denis?

The municipal tax multiplier of Châtel-Saint-Denis is 83.6% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Châtel-Saint-Denis?

A single person without children pays about 16'733 CHF income tax in Châtel-Saint-Denis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 68 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Châtel-Saint-Denis have?

Châtel-Saint-Denis has 8'931 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Châtel-Saint-Denis?

Châtel-Saint-Denis has 2'911 foreign residents, a share of 32.59% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Veveyse

Châtel-Saint-Denis

1618–1619

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'429 49.6%

Men

4'502 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'889 21.2%

Swiss citizens

6'020 67.4%

Foreign residents

2'911 32.6%

Population density

186 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'889 · 21.2%20–64 · 5'755 · 64.4%65+ · 1'287 · 14.4%

Foreign residents 32.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +145 (+1.7%) · 100 births · 50 deaths · net migration +105

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 Châtel-Saint-Denis

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 Veveyse: 26.7% Yes

28.4% YesNo 71.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 33.0% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 51.4% Yes

52.9% YesNo 47.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 48.2% Yes

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 29.9% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 58.2% Yes

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

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 Veveyse: 29.0% Yes

28.3% YesNo 71.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 39.4% Yes

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 49.5% Yes

50.6% YesNo 49.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 63.1% Yes

62.4% YesNo 37.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.8% · strongest party

SVP30.8%

SP22.0%

Mitte16.8%

FDP12.9%

GRÜNE10.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier83.6%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

83.6%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 69 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'733 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 68 of 119 in the canton · 1735 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:16'733 CHF(~16.7%)

Châtel-Saint-DenisCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Châtel-Saint-Denis	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%	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	16.7%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	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	22.9%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.2%	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	28.4%	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 1991–20207.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'562 mm

7.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'987 m

Mean elevation

1'156 m

Relief

1'345 m

Mean slope

16.2°

Flat share

14.0%

South-facing

21.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'345 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

76.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

101.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

17'100

Per inhabitant

8'609 kWh/yr

77 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 Châtel-Saint-Denis →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

0.11 %

Second homes

12.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

4'618

Built before 194618.6%

Built since 200143.1%

0.11 %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

4'011

Workplaces

676

Services share

68 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 90 (2.2%) · Secondary 1'193 (29.7%) · Tertiary 2'728 (68.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

36.7 %

Farmland

965 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 56 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 86/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2325

Websitechatel-st-denis.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Veveyse

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Châtel-Saint-Denis ranks

Largest municipalities8'931 #8 FR · #221 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #40 FR · #471 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #79 FR · #1636 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #24 FR · #666 CH Families & children21.2% #77 FR · #743 CH Age structure14.4% #100 FR · #2025 CH Women share49.6% #66 FR · #1200 CH Foreign residents32.6% #11 FR · #214 CH Population density186/km² #59 FR · #1076 CH Tax burden16'733 #68 FR · #1735 CH Taxes83.6% #69 FR Warmest municipalities7.4 °C #114 FR · #1805 CH Sunniest municipalities46.2% #18 FR · #538 CH Rainiest municipalities1'562 mm #3 FR · #199 CH Voter turnout54.4% #65 FR · #1305 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #45 FR · #611 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #49 FR · #822 CH SVP strongholds30.8% #51 FR · #1224 CH SP strongholds22% #30 FR · #323 CH Centre strongholds16.8% #90 FR · #709 CH FDP strongholds12.9% #71 FR · #1039 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #49 FR · #1507 CH Green strongholds10.5% #40 FR · #494 CH Largest by area47.9 km² #6 FR · #185 CH Highest municipalities809 m #20 FR · #411 CH Second homes12.9% #31 FR · #787 CH Organic farming36.7% #6 FR · #231 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #36 FR · #876 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #86 FR · #1229 CH Highest peaks1'987 m #8 FR · #360 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'156 m #8 FR · #318 CH Greatest vertical range1'345 m #5 FR · #374 CH Steepest municipalities16.2° #13 FR · #529 CH Solar potential77 GWh #8 FR · #159 CH Solar potential per capita8'609 kWh #100 FR · #1336 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #102 FR · #1019 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #109 FR · #1180 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Châtel-St-Denis1618 Les Paccots1619

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Châtel-Saint-Denis?: Châtel-Saint-Denis has 2 postal codes: 1618, 1619.
What is the tax rate in Châtel-Saint-Denis?: The municipal tax multiplier of Châtel-Saint-Denis is 83.6% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Châtel-Saint-Denis?: A single person without children pays about 16'733 CHF income tax in Châtel-Saint-Denis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 68 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Châtel-Saint-Denis have?: Châtel-Saint-Denis has 8'931 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Châtel-Saint-Denis?: Châtel-Saint-Denis has 2'911 foreign residents, a share of 32.59% (2025).

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