What is the postal code of Kerzers?

Kerzers has 2 postal codes: 3207, 3210.

What is the tax rate in Kerzers?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kerzers is 79% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Kerzers?

A single person without children pays about 16'348 CHF income tax in Kerzers on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kerzers have?

Kerzers has 5'546 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kerzers?

Kerzers has 1'716 foreign residents, a share of 30.94% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk See / District du Lac

Kerzers

3207–3210

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'757 49.7%

Men

2'789 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'183 21.3%

Swiss citizens

3'830 69.1%

Foreign residents

1'716 30.9%

Population density

452 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'183 · 21.3%20–64 · 3'394 · 61.2%65+ · 969 · 17.5%

Foreign residents 30.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +80 (+1.5%) · 59 births · 39 deaths · net migration +67

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 Kerzers

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

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

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

25.1% YesNo 74.9%

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

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

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

47.1% YesNo 52.9%

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

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

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

54.1% YesNo 45.9%

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

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

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

38.5% YesNo 61.5%

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

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

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

78.1% YesNo 21.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP32.5% · strongest party

SVP32.5%

FDP19.1%

SP17.5%

Mitte13.4%

GRÜNE6.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier79%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

79%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 44 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'348 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 43 of 119 in the canton · 1471 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:16'348 CHF(~16.3%)

KerzersCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kerzers	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.3%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.8%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.7%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.2%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.4%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.4%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020970 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

541 m

Mean elevation

460 m

Relief

110 m

Mean slope

2.5°

Flat share

83.0%

South-facing

2.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 110 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

62.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

77.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

13'800

Per inhabitant

11'232 kWh/yr

62 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 Kerzers →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

1.26 %

Second homes

11.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'533

Built before 194619.3%

Built since 200131.1%

1.26 %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

2'753

Workplaces

343

Services share

70.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 271 (9.8%) · Secondary 545 (19.8%) · Tertiary 1'937 (70.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

19.4 %

Farmland

817 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 42 min · Car 23 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 114/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2265

Websitekerzers.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk See / District du Lac

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kerzers ranks

Largest municipalities5'546 #15 FR · #381 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #46 FR · #558 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #73 FR · #1551 CH Jobs per resident0.5 #18 FR · #531 CH Families & children21.3% #73 FR · #715 CH Age structure17.5% #46 FR · #1705 CH Women share49.7% #56 FR · #1126 CH Foreign residents30.9% #13 FR · #276 CH Population density452/km² #10 FR · #549 CH Tax burden16'348 #43 FR · #1471 CH Taxes79% #44 FR Warmest municipalities10 °C #16 FR · #498 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #117 FR · #1277 CH Rainiest municipalities970 mm #111 FR · #1758 CH Voter turnout54.1% #72 FR · #1347 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #88 FR · #1401 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #2 FR · #52 CH SVP strongholds32.5% #40 FR · #1126 CH SP strongholds17.5% #71 FR · #685 CH Centre strongholds13.4% #112 FR · #928 CH FDP strongholds19.1% #27 FR · #518 CH GLP strongholds4.5% #26 FR · #1302 CH Green strongholds6.3% #104 FR · #1255 CH Largest by area12.3 km² #42 FR · #788 CH Highest municipalities443 m #111 FR · #1593 CH Second homes11.1% #49 FR · #1030 CH Organic farming19.4% #23 FR · #681 CH Best-connected municipalities42 min #5 FR · #271 CH Remotest municipalities42 min #114 FR · #1829 CH Highest peaks541 m #110 FR · #1750 CH Highest-lying municipalities460 m #113 FR · #1660 CH Greatest vertical range110 m #106 FR · #1788 CH Steepest municipalities2.5° #111 FR · #1954 CH Solar potential62 GWh #11 FR · #224 CH Solar potential per capita11'232 kWh #64 FR · #874 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #80 FR · #997 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #87 FR · #1158 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

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Golaten3207 Kerzers3210 Wileroltigen3207

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kerzers?: Kerzers has 2 postal codes: 3207, 3210.
What is the tax rate in Kerzers?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kerzers is 79% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Kerzers?: A single person without children pays about 16'348 CHF income tax in Kerzers on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kerzers have?: Kerzers has 5'546 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kerzers?: Kerzers has 1'716 foreign residents, a share of 30.94% (2025).

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