What is the postal code of Cheyres-Châbles?

Cheyres-Châbles has 2 postal codes: 1468, 1474.

What is the tax rate in Cheyres-Châbles?

The municipal tax multiplier of Cheyres-Châbles is 70% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Cheyres-Châbles?

A single person without children pays about 15'595 CHF income tax in Cheyres-Châbles on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Cheyres-Châbles have?

Cheyres-Châbles has 2'545 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Cheyres-Châbles?

Cheyres-Châbles has 371 foreign residents, a share of 14.58% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Broye

Cheyres-Châbles

1468–1474

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'259 49.5%

Men

1'286 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

511 20.1%

Swiss citizens

2'174 85.4%

Foreign residents

371 14.6%

Population density

114 pop./km²

0–19 · 511 · 20.1%20–64 · 1'497 · 58.8%65+ · 537 · 21.1%

Foreign residents 14.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +58 (+2.3%) · 19 births · 10 deaths · net migration +51

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 Cheyres-Châbles

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 Broye: 24.9% Yes

28.1% YesNo 71.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 32.3% Yes

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 53.4% Yes

53.4% YesNo 46.6%

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

44.7% YesNo 55.3%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 31.7% Yes

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 56.5% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

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 Broye: 25.8% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 40.8% Yes

40.0% YesNo 60.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 51.1% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 61.4% Yes

64.5% YesNo 35.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP29.8% · strongest party

SP29.8%

SVP21.4%

Mitte18.6%

GRÜNE10.1%

FDP9.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier70%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

70%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 17 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'595 CHF(15.6%)

Rank 17 of 119 in the canton · 1125 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:15'595 CHF(~15.6%)

Cheyres-ChâblesCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Cheyres-Châbles	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	6.9%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.3%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.2%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.5%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	13.5%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	14.5%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.6%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	16.5%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.3%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.8%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	19.5%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.2%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	24.6%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	25.7%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	26.3%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	26.8%	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'200 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

696 m

Mean elevation

481 m

Relief

267 m

Mean slope

3.5°

Flat share

79.6%

South-facing

1.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 267 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

22.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'000

Per inhabitant

8'927 kWh/yr

23 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 Cheyres-Châbles →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

1.61 %

Second homes

22.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'304

Built before 194616.3%

Built since 200132.6%

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

1.61 %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

388

Workplaces

142

Services share

57.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 59 (15.2%) · Secondary 105 (27.1%) · Tertiary 224 (57.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.3 %

Farmland

647 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 94 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 39 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 15/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2055

Websitecheyres-chables.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Cheyres-Châbles ranks

Largest municipalities2'545 #38 FR · #831 CH Growing municipalities2.3% #29 FR · #275 CH Shrinking municipalities2.3% #90 FR · #1833 CH Jobs per resident0.15 #104 FR · #1977 CH Families & children20.1% #87 FR · #1109 CH Age structure21.1% #22 FR · #1022 CH Women share49.5% #68 FR · #1260 CH Foreign residents14.6% #80 FR · #1322 CH Population density114/km² #90 FR · #1394 CH Tax burden15'595 #17 FR · #1125 CH Taxes70% #17 FR Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #11 FR · #403 CH Sunniest municipalities42.7% #104 FR · #1036 CH Rainiest municipalities1'200 mm #42 FR · #692 CH Voter turnout54% #73 FR · #1356 CH Against Switzerland17.6% #49 FR · #683 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.4% #35 FR · #732 CH SVP strongholds21.4% #104 FR · #1723 CH SP strongholds29.8% #2 FR · #51 CH Centre strongholds18.6% #69 FR · #608 CH FDP strongholds9.8% #93 FR · #1418 CH GLP strongholds4.9% #20 FR · #1217 CH Green strongholds10.1% #46 FR · #557 CH Largest by area22.3 km² #20 FR · #426 CH Highest municipalities525 m #94 FR · #1098 CH Second homes22.8% #6 FR · #310 CH Organic farming5.3% #66 FR · #1518 CH Best-connected municipalities94 min #104 FR · #1627 CH Remotest municipalities94 min #15 FR · #483 CH Highest peaks696 m #90 FR · #1221 CH Highest-lying municipalities481 m #108 FR · #1525 CH Greatest vertical range267 m #47 FR · #1096 CH Steepest municipalities3.5° #106 FR · #1836 CH Solar potential23 GWh #53 FR · #916 CH Solar potential per capita8'927 kWh #95 FR · #1280 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #18 FR · #935 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #25 FR · #1096 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Châbles FR1474 Cheyres1468

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Cheyres-Châbles?: Cheyres-Châbles has 2 postal codes: 1468, 1474.
What is the tax rate in Cheyres-Châbles?: The municipal tax multiplier of Cheyres-Châbles is 70% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Cheyres-Châbles?: A single person without children pays about 15'595 CHF income tax in Cheyres-Châbles on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Cheyres-Châbles have?: Cheyres-Châbles has 2'545 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Cheyres-Châbles?: Cheyres-Châbles has 371 foreign residents, a share of 14.58% (2025).

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