What is the postal code of Greng?

The postal code of Greng is 3280.

What is the tax rate in Greng?

The municipal tax multiplier of Greng is 32% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Greng?

A single person without children pays about 12'414 CHF income tax in Greng on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Greng have?

Greng has 179 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Greng?

Greng has 26 foreign residents, a share of 14.53% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk See / District du Lac

Greng

3280

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

99 55.3%

Men

80 44.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

34 19.0%

Swiss citizens

153 85.5%

Foreign residents

26 14.5%

Population density

72 pop./km²

0–19 · 34 · 19.0%20–64 · 103 · 57.5%65+ · 42 · 23.5%

Foreign residents 14.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +3 (+1.7%) · 0 births · 3 deaths · net migration +7

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 Greng

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 Bezirk See / District du Lac: 24.8% Yes

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 26.8% Yes

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 55.6% Yes

72.1% YesNo 27.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 47.6% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 38.8% Yes

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 55.5% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

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 Bezirk See / District du Lac: 24.2% Yes

16.5% YesNo 83.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 37.6% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 37.9% Yes

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 73.3% Yes

70.5% YesNo 29.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP45.7% · strongest party

SVP45.7%

FDP18.2%

Mitte10.5%

GRÜNE9.2%

GLP8.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier32%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

32%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 1 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'414 CHF(12.4%)

Rank 1 of 119 in the canton · 377 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:12'414 CHF(~12.4%)

GrengCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Greng	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	5.4%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	7.3%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	8.8%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	9.8%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	10.7%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	11.5%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	12.4%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	13.2%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	13.9%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	14.5%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.2%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	15.8%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.5%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	19%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	20.3%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	21.2%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	21.8%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	22.3%	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 1991–202010.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020974 mm

10.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

464 m

Mean elevation

434 m

Relief

35 m

Mean slope

0.8°

Flat share

98.1%

South-facing

0.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 35 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

2.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

600

Per inhabitant

14'637 kWh/yr

3 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 Greng →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

15.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.6

Dwellings

Built before 194613.0%

Built since 200115.2%

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

Workplaces

Services share

71 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 18 (29.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 44 (71.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

133 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 85 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 21 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 31/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2261

Websitegreng.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk See / District du Lac

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Greng ranks

Largest municipalities179 #115 FR · #2046 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #39 FR · #446 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #80 FR · #1662 CH Jobs per resident0.35 #45 FR · #1040 CH Families & children19% #101 FR · #1438 CH Age structure23.5% #10 FR · #581 CH Women share55.3% #1 FR · #3 CH Foreign residents14.5% #82 FR · #1328 CH Population density72/km² #104 FR · #1635 CH Tax burden12'414 #1 FR · #377 CH Taxes32% #1 FR Warmest municipalities10.5 °C #2 FR · #214 CH Sunniest municipalities42.2% #111 FR · #1087 CH Rainiest municipalities974 mm #110 FR · #1740 CH Voter turnout69.4% #3 FR · #71 CH SVP strongholds45.7% #5 FR · #365 CH SP strongholds6.7% #118 FR · #1815 CH Centre strongholds10.5% #118 FR · #1151 CH FDP strongholds18.2% #33 FR · #573 CH GLP strongholds8.7% #1 FR · #480 CH Green strongholds9.2% #60 FR · #678 CH Largest by area2.5 km² #111 FR · #1941 CH Highest municipalities439 m #112 FR · #1626 CH Second homes15.7% #16 FR · #523 CH Organic farming33.3% #8 FR · #259 CH Best-connected municipalities85 min #89 FR · #1450 CH Remotest municipalities85 min #31 FR · #647 CH Highest peaks464 m #117 FR · #1997 CH Highest-lying municipalities434 m #117 FR · #1833 CH Greatest vertical range35 m #117 FR · #2072 CH Steepest municipalities0.8° #117 FR · #2083 CH Solar potential3 GWh #116 FR · #2062 CH Solar potential per capita14'637 kWh #21 FR · #451 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #78 FR · #995 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #85 FR · #1156 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3280

Greng

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Greng3280

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Greng?: The postal code of Greng is 3280.
What is the tax rate in Greng?: The municipal tax multiplier of Greng is 32% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Greng?: A single person without children pays about 12'414 CHF income tax in Greng on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Greng have?: Greng has 179 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Greng?: Greng has 26 foreign residents, a share of 14.53% (2025).

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