What is the postal code of Granges?

The postal code of Granges is 1614.

What is the tax rate in Granges?

The municipal tax multiplier of Granges is 84% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Granges?

A single person without children pays about 16'766 CHF income tax in Granges on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Granges have?

Granges has 1'012 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Granges?

Granges has 146 foreign residents, a share of 14.43% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Veveyse

Granges

1614

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

496 49.0%

Men

516 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

217 21.4%

Swiss citizens

866 85.6%

Foreign residents

146 14.4%

Population density

226 pop./km²

0–19 · 217 · 21.4%20–64 · 627 · 62.0%65+ · 168 · 16.6%

Foreign residents 14.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +35 (+3.6%) · 9 births · 1 deaths · net migration +26

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 Granges

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

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

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

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

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

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

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

36.1% YesNo 63.9%

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

31.9% YesNo 68.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Veveyse: 58.2% 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 Veveyse: 29.0% Yes

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

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

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

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

72.3% YesNo 27.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte26.0% · strongest party

Mitte26.0%

FDP19.2%

GRÜNE16.0%

SVP15.8%

SP13.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier84%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

84%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 71 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'766 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 70 of 119 in the canton · 1745 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:16'766 CHF(~16.8%)

GrangesCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Granges	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.5%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.1%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12.1%	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	16.8%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	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	23%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.8%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	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	28.5%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'313 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

966 m

Mean elevation

728 m

Relief

335 m

Mean slope

8.9°

Flat share

30.6%

South-facing

5.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 335 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

12.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

16.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'800

Per inhabitant

12'441 kWh/yr

13 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 Granges →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

0.23 %

Second homes

7.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

438

Built before 194619.9%

Built since 200132.0%

0.23 %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

260

Workplaces

Services share

55 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 19 (7.3%) · Secondary 98 (37.7%) · Tertiary 143 (55.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

245 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 40 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 118/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2328

Websitegranges-veveyse.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Veveyse

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Granges ranks

Largest municipalities1'012 #89 FR · #1453 CH Growing municipalities3.6% #15 FR · #118 CH Shrinking municipalities3.6% #104 FR · #1991 CH Jobs per resident0.26 #67 FR · #1472 CH Families & children21.4% #72 FR · #681 CH Age structure16.6% #59 FR · #1828 CH Women share49% #88 FR · #1510 CH Foreign residents14.4% #83 FR · #1336 CH Population density226/km² #47 FR · #958 CH Tax burden16'766 #73 FR · #1748 CH Taxes84% #71 FR Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #31 FR · #1051 CH Sunniest municipalities46.6% #13 FR · #498 CH Rainiest municipalities1'313 mm #22 FR · #467 CH Voter turnout62.9% #11 FR · #335 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #23 FR · #410 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #73 FR · #1031 CH SVP strongholds15.8% #116 FR · #1961 CH SP strongholds13.1% #100 FR · #1156 CH Centre strongholds26% #13 FR · #328 CH FDP strongholds19.2% #26 FR · #511 CH GLP strongholds4.3% #30 FR · #1347 CH Green strongholds16% #5 FR · #91 CH Largest by area4.5 km² #93 FR · #1622 CH Highest municipalities753 m #38 FR · #495 CH Second homes7.6% #100 FR · #1695 CH Organic farming14.3% #32 FR · #913 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #2 FR · #231 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #118 FR · #1876 CH Highest peaks966 m #39 FR · #755 CH Highest-lying municipalities728 m #56 FR · #709 CH Greatest vertical range335 m #35 FR · #932 CH Steepest municipalities8.9° #30 FR · #1023 CH Solar potential13 GWh #84 FR · #1377 CH Solar potential per capita12'441 kWh #44 FR · #702 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #103 FR · #1020 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #110 FR · #1181 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1614

Granges (Veveyse)

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Granges (Veveyse)1614

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Granges?: The postal code of Granges is 1614.
What is the tax rate in Granges?: The municipal tax multiplier of Granges is 84% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Granges?: A single person without children pays about 16'766 CHF income tax in Granges on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Granges have?: Granges has 1'012 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Granges?: Granges has 146 foreign residents, a share of 14.43% (2025).

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