What is the postal code of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?

The postal code of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is 1653.

What is the tax rate in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is 79.5% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?

A single person without children pays about 16'390 CHF income tax in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 45 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Châtel-sur-Montsalvens have?

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens has 354 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens has 68 foreign residents, a share of 19.21% (2025).

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens (FR): Postal Codes 1653, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

182 51.4%

Men

172 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

69 19.5%

Swiss citizens

286 80.8%

Foreign residents

68 19.2%

Population density

174 pop./km²

0–19 · 69 · 19.5%20–64 · 232 · 65.5%65+ · 53 · 15.0%

Foreign residents 19.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −4 (−1.1%) · 2 births · 2 deaths · net migration −3

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-sur-Montsalvens

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

28.2% YesNo 71.8%

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

46.6% YesNo 53.5%

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

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

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

56.7% YesNo 43.3%

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

21.6% YesNo 78.4%

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

63.4% YesNo 36.6%

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

19.3% YesNo 80.7%

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

66.9% YesNo 33.1%

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

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

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

55.8% YesNo 44.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.5% · strongest party

SVP43.5%

SP20.4%

Mitte11.2%

FDP9.6%

GRÜNE7.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier79.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

79.5%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 45 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'390 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 45 of 119 in the canton · 1501 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:16'390 CHF(~16.4%)

Châtel-sur-MontsalvensCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Châtel-sur-Montsalvens	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.3%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.9%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.8%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.5%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.4%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'422 mm

8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'399 m

Mean elevation

1'012 m

Relief

676 m

Mean slope

21.9°

Flat share

1.9%

South-facing

69.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 676 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

3.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

800

Per inhabitant

10'000 kWh/yr

4 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

27.78 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.95 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.43 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.95 Rp./kWh

27.78 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Gruyère Energie S.A.

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-sur-Montsalvens →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

0.48 %

Second homes

24.8 %

Avg. rooms

4

Dwellings

207

Built before 194618.8%

Built since 200127.5%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.48 %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

30

Workplaces

21

Services share

70 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 21 (70.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

2

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

62 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 107 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 4/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2128

Websitechatel-montsalvens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Gruyère

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Châtel-sur-Montsalvens ranks

35

Largest municipalities354 #111 FR · #1919 CH Growing municipalities-1.1% #107 FR · #1844 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.1% #12 FR · #264 CH Jobs per resident0.08 #117 FR · #2097 CH Families & children19.5% #93 FR · #1305 CH Age structure15% #91 FR · #1989 CH Women share51.4% #11 FR · #254 CH Foreign residents19.2% #48 FR · #929 CH Population density174/km² #62 FR · #1110 CH Tax burden16'390 #45 FR · #1501 CH Taxes79.5% #45 FR Warmest municipalities8 °C #106 FR · #1705 CH Sunniest municipalities46.7% #9 FR · #486 CH Rainiest municipalities1'422 mm #11 FR · #327 CH Voter turnout62.7% #13 FR · #353 CH SVP strongholds43.5% #8 FR · #473 CH SP strongholds20.4% #43 FR · #439 CH Centre strongholds11.2% #117 FR · #1097 CH FDP strongholds9.6% #94 FR · #1445 CH GLP strongholds3.2% #57 FR · #1547 CH Green strongholds7.8% #86 FR · #915 CH Largest by area2 km² #113 FR · #2008 CH Highest municipalities1'033 m #3 FR · #246 CH Second homes24.8% #5 FR · #293 CH Organic farming0% #93 FR · #1727 CH Best-connected municipalities107 min #116 FR · #1810 CH Remotest municipalities107 min #4 FR · #290 CH Highest peaks1'399 m #18 FR · #499 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'012 m #13 FR · #410 CH Greatest vertical range676 m #19 FR · #571 CH Steepest municipalities21.9° #7 FR · #346 CH Solar potential4 GWh #114 FR · #2018 CH Solar potential per capita10'000 kWh #79 FR · #1062 CH Cheapest electricity27.78 Rp./kWh #113 FR · #1206 CH Most expensive electricity27.78 Rp./kWh #2 FR · #896 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1653

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Châtel-sur-Montsalvens1653

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?: The postal code of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is 1653.
What is the tax rate in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Châtel-sur-Montsalvens is 79.5% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?: A single person without children pays about 16'390 CHF income tax in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 45 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Châtel-sur-Montsalvens have?: Châtel-sur-Montsalvens has 354 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Châtel-sur-Montsalvens?: Châtel-sur-Montsalvens has 68 foreign residents, a share of 19.21% (2025).

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