What is the postal code of Heitenried?

The postal code of Heitenried is 1714.

What is the tax rate in Heitenried?

The municipal tax multiplier of Heitenried is 81% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Heitenried?

A single person without children pays about 16'515 CHF income tax in Heitenried on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 59 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Heitenried have?

Heitenried has 1'413 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Heitenried?

Heitenried has 97 foreign residents, a share of 6.86% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk Sense

Heitenried

1714

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

686 48.5%

Men

727 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

294 20.8%

Swiss citizens

1'316 93.1%

Foreign residents

97 6.9%

Population density

155 pop./km²

0–19 · 294 · 20.8%20–64 · 818 · 57.9%65+ · 301 · 21.3%

Foreign residents 6.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +9 (+0.6%) · 10 births · 9 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 Heitenried

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 Sense: 24.2% Yes

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 27.3% Yes

26.0% YesNo 74.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 50.6% Yes

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

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

53.7% YesNo 46.4%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 37.8% Yes

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 51.6% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

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 Sense: 22.9% Yes

17.8% YesNo 82.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 38.2% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 36.5% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 74.9% Yes

75.3% YesNo 24.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.4% · strongest party

SVP30.4%

Mitte28.7%

GRÜNE9.8%

SP8.4%

FDP7.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier81%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

81%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 60 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'515 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 59 of 119 in the canton · 1582 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:16'515 CHF(~16.5%)

HeitenriedCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Heitenried	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.4%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.9%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.9%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.2%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.4%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	19%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.6%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	27%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.1%	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 1991–20208.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'158 mm

8.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

822 m

Mean elevation

733 m

Relief

203 m

Mean slope

8.4°

Flat share

33.3%

South-facing

18.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 203 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

17.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

23.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'900

Per inhabitant

12'307 kWh/yr

17 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 Heitenried →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

0.3 %

Second homes

8.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

656

Built before 194619.8%

Built since 200132.2%

0.3 %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

322

Workplaces

Services share

49.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 92 (28.6%) · Secondary 71 (22.0%) · Tertiary 159 (49.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.7 %

Farmland

758 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 30 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 89/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2296

Websiteheitenried.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Sense

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Heitenried ranks

Largest municipalities1'413 #68 FR · #1218 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #70 FR · #1004 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #49 FR · #1105 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #76 FR · #1626 CH Families & children20.8% #81 FR · #874 CH Age structure21.3% #20 FR · #989 CH Women share48.5% #100 FR · #1706 CH Foreign residents6.9% #114 FR · #1929 CH Population density155/km² #72 FR · #1203 CH Tax burden16'515 #59 FR · #1582 CH Taxes81% #60 FR Warmest municipalities8.5 °C #89 FR · #1574 CH Sunniest municipalities44.2% #68 FR · #798 CH Rainiest municipalities1'158 mm #51 FR · #803 CH Voter turnout54.7% #62 FR · #1268 CH Against Switzerland12.7% #77 FR · #1056 CH Aligned with Switzerland87.3% #13 FR · #386 CH SVP strongholds30.4% #52 FR · #1246 CH SP strongholds8.4% #113 FR · #1665 CH Centre strongholds28.7% #6 FR · #259 CH FDP strongholds7.9% #105 FR · #1601 CH GLP strongholds6.2% #9 FR · #931 CH Green strongholds9.8% #52 FR · #601 CH Largest by area9.1 km² #62 FR · #1037 CH Highest municipalities762 m #36 FR · #480 CH Second homes8.6% #85 FR · #1489 CH Organic farming9.7% #45 FR · #1249 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #33 FR · #849 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #89 FR · #1259 CH Highest peaks822 m #56 FR · #949 CH Highest-lying municipalities733 m #51 FR · #700 CH Greatest vertical range203 m #65 FR · #1349 CH Steepest municipalities8.4° #33 FR · #1072 CH Solar potential17 GWh #67 FR · #1125 CH Solar potential per capita12'307 kWh #45 FR · #719 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #89 FR · #1006 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #96 FR · #1167 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1714

Heitenried

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Heitenried1714

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Heitenried?: The postal code of Heitenried is 1714.
What is the tax rate in Heitenried?: The municipal tax multiplier of Heitenried is 81% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Heitenried?: A single person without children pays about 16'515 CHF income tax in Heitenried on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 59 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Heitenried have?: Heitenried has 1'413 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Heitenried?: Heitenried has 97 foreign residents, a share of 6.86% (2025).

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