What is the postal code of La Sonnaz?

The postal code of La Sonnaz is 1782.

What is the tax rate in La Sonnaz?

The municipal tax multiplier of La Sonnaz is 76% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in La Sonnaz?

A single person without children pays about 16'097 CHF income tax in La Sonnaz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 34 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does La Sonnaz have?

La Sonnaz has 1'481 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in La Sonnaz?

La Sonnaz has 252 foreign residents, a share of 17.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Sarine

La Sonnaz

1782

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

740 50.0%

Men

741 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

367 24.8%

Swiss citizens

1'229 83.0%

Foreign residents

252 17.0%

Population density

213 pop./km²

0–19 · 367 · 24.8%20–64 · 934 · 63.1%65+ · 180 · 12.2%

Foreign residents 17.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +23 (+1.6%) · 14 births · 5 deaths · net migration +12

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 La Sonnaz

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 Sarine: 34.4% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 24.3% Yes

29.8% YesNo 70.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 43.8% Yes

49.4% YesNo 50.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 35.4% Yes

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 26.9% Yes

25.6% YesNo 74.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 60.6% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

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 Sarine: 37.4% Yes

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 30.7% Yes

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 42.8% Yes

35.9% YesNo 64.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 67.8% Yes

72.4% YesNo 27.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP23.2% · strongest party

SVP23.2%

Mitte22.9%

SP20.2%

GRÜNE14.6%

FDP9.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

76%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 36 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'097 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 34 of 119 in the canton · 1330 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:16'097 CHF(~16.1%)

La SonnazCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	La Sonnaz	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.2%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.7%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.9%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.8%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.6%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.4%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.1%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.4%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.5%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'016 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

700 m

Mean elevation

609 m

Relief

169 m

Mean slope

6.3°

Flat share

46.3%

South-facing

17.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 169 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

13.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'900

Per inhabitant

8'879 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300607 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Fribourg405 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in La Sonnaz →Canton Fribourg →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

2.09 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

621

Built before 194617.1%

Built since 200142.2%

2.09 %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

202

Workplaces

Services share

50.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 56 (27.7%) · Secondary 44 (21.8%) · Tertiary 102 (50.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

496 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 58 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 93/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2235

Websitelasonnaz.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Sarine

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where La Sonnaz ranks

Largest municipalities1'481 #63 FR · #1180 CH Growing municipalities1.6% #41 FR · #491 CH Shrinking municipalities1.6% #78 FR · #1618 CH Jobs per resident0.14 #107 FR · #2011 CH Families & children24.8% #10 FR · #90 CH Age structure12.2% #116 FR · #2096 CH Women share50% #42 FR · #933 CH Foreign residents17% #65 FR · #1126 CH Population density213/km² #51 FR · #991 CH Tax burden16'097 #36 FR · #1332 CH Taxes76% #36 FR Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #38 FR · #1142 CH Sunniest municipalities43.4% #92 FR · #946 CH Rainiest municipalities1'016 mm #93 FR · #1557 CH Voter turnout50.9% #103 FR · #1707 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #74 FR · #999 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #19 FR · #455 CH SVP strongholds23.2% #95 FR · #1653 CH SP strongholds20.2% #44 FR · #456 CH Centre strongholds22.9% #28 FR · #411 CH FDP strongholds9.4% #97 FR · #1461 CH GLP strongholds5% #19 FR · #1188 CH Green strongholds14.6% #7 FR · #152 CH Largest by area7 km² #76 FR · #1257 CH Highest municipalities575 m #89 FR · #903 CH Second homes10.2% #59 FR · #1165 CH Organic farming0% #110 FR · #1744 CH Best-connected municipalities58 min #27 FR · #705 CH Remotest municipalities58 min #93 FR · #1391 CH Highest peaks700 m #89 FR · #1209 CH Highest-lying municipalities609 m #86 FR · #975 CH Greatest vertical range169 m #81 FR · #1498 CH Steepest municipalities6.3° #65 FR · #1348 CH Solar potential13 GWh #79 FR · #1340 CH Solar potential per capita8'879 kWh #97 FR · #1285 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #69 FR · #986 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #76 FR · #1147 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1782

Lossy

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Cormagens1782 Formangueires1782 La Corbaz1782 Lossy1782

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of La Sonnaz?: The postal code of La Sonnaz is 1782.
What is the tax rate in La Sonnaz?: The municipal tax multiplier of La Sonnaz is 76% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in La Sonnaz?: A single person without children pays about 16'097 CHF income tax in La Sonnaz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 34 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does La Sonnaz have?: La Sonnaz has 1'481 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in La Sonnaz?: La Sonnaz has 252 foreign residents, a share of 17.02% (2025).

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