What is the postal code of Echarlens?

Echarlens has 2 postal codes: 1628, 1646.

What is the tax rate in Echarlens?

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

How much tax do you pay in Echarlens?

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

How many residents does Echarlens have?

Echarlens has 823 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Echarlens?

Echarlens has 140 foreign residents, a share of 17.01% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Gruyère

Echarlens

1628–1646

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

411 49.9%

Men

412 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

151 18.3%

Swiss citizens

683 83.0%

Foreign residents

140 17.0%

Population density

158 pop./km²

0–19 · 151 · 18.3%20–64 · 543 · 66.0%65+ · 129 · 15.7%

Foreign residents 17.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −23 (−2.7%) · 4 births · 6 deaths · net migration −24

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 Echarlens

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

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

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

29.9% YesNo 70.1%

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

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

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

46.6% YesNo 53.4%

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

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

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

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

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 Gruyère: 26.9% Yes

29.8% YesNo 70.2%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

51.9% YesNo 48.1%

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

62.9% YesNo 37.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP25.8% · strongest party

SVP25.8%

FDP20.9%

Mitte19.8%

SP17.2%

GRÜNE11.8%

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 19 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%)

EcharlensCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Echarlens	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 1991–20208.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'274 mm

8.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

915 m

Mean elevation

728 m

Relief

241 m

Mean slope

6°

Flat share

54.6%

South-facing

11.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 241 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

9.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'100

Per inhabitant

11'750 kWh/yr

10 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 Echarlens →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 %

Second homes

10.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

389

Built before 194634.2%

Built since 200134.4%

0 %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

153

Workplaces

Services share

55.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 30 (19.6%) · Secondary 38 (24.8%) · Tertiary 85 (55.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

30 %

Farmland

301 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 76 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 7 min

Remoteness 49/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2131

Websiteecharlens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Gruyère

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Echarlens ranks

Largest municipalities823 #95 FR · #1569 CH Growing municipalities-2.7% #117 FR · #2041 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.7% #2 FR · #68 CH Jobs per resident0.19 #89 FR · #1815 CH Families & children18.3% #106 FR · #1615 CH Age structure15.7% #75 FR · #1923 CH Women share49.9% #45 FR · #1001 CH Foreign residents17% #66 FR · #1127 CH Population density158/km² #69 FR · #1175 CH Tax burden15'595 #18 FR · #1126 CH Taxes70% #19 FR Warmest municipalities8.6 °C #79 FR · #1536 CH Sunniest municipalities45.9% #21 FR · #572 CH Rainiest municipalities1'274 mm #29 FR · #535 CH Voter turnout56.5% #34 FR · #1018 CH SVP strongholds25.8% #78 FR · #1524 CH SP strongholds17.2% #75 FR · #716 CH Centre strongholds19.8% #58 FR · #534 CH FDP strongholds20.9% #12 FR · #392 CH GLP strongholds2.8% #67 FR · #1626 CH Green strongholds11.8% #29 FR · #367 CH Largest by area5.2 km² #86 FR · #1520 CH Highest municipalities721 m #56 FR · #559 CH Second homes10.1% #65 FR · #1192 CH Organic farming30% #10 FR · #333 CH Best-connected municipalities76 min #70 FR · #1255 CH Remotest municipalities76 min #49 FR · #852 CH Highest peaks915 m #43 FR · #808 CH Highest-lying municipalities728 m #55 FR · #708 CH Greatest vertical range241 m #52 FR · #1170 CH Steepest municipalities6° #69 FR · #1394 CH Solar potential10 GWh #96 FR · #1578 CH Solar potential per capita11'750 kWh #49 FR · #785 CH Cheapest electricity27.78 Rp./kWh #116 FR · #1209 CH Most expensive electricity27.78 Rp./kWh #5 FR · #899 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Echarlens1646 Vuadens1628

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Echarlens?: Echarlens has 2 postal codes: 1628, 1646.
What is the tax rate in Echarlens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Echarlens is 70% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Echarlens?: A single person without children pays about 15'595 CHF income tax in Echarlens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Echarlens have?: Echarlens has 823 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Echarlens?: Echarlens has 140 foreign residents, a share of 17.01% (2025).

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