What is the postal code of Matran?

The postal code of Matran is 1753.

What is the tax rate in Matran?

The municipal tax multiplier of Matran is 65% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Matran?

A single person without children pays about 15'176 CHF income tax in Matran on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Matran have?

Matran has 2'094 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Matran?

Matran has 589 foreign residents, a share of 28.13% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR

Matran

1753

FR CANTON1753

Residents

2'094

Area

2.9 km²

Population density

720 pop./km²

Elevation

614 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

65%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'055 50.4%

Men

1'039 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

470 22.4%

Swiss citizens

1'505 71.9%

Foreign residents

589 28.1%

Population density

720 pop./km²

0–19 · 470 · 22.4%20–64 · 1'314 · 62.8%65+ · 310 · 14.8%

Foreign residents 28.1%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Matran

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% Yes

23.4% YesNo 76.6%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

60.8% YesNo 39.2%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.6%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

42.6% YesNo 57.4%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.9%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

26.0% YesNo 74.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP25.7% · strongest party

SP25.7%

Mitte22.8%

FDP16.0%

SVP15.6%

GRÜNE8.6%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier65%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

65%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 11 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'176 CHF(15.2%)

Rank 10 of 119 in the canton · 1033 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:15'176 CHF(~15.2%)

MatranCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Matran	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	6.7%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.1%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	10.9%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.1%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	13.2%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	14.1%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.2%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	16%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.8%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	17.5%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.3%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	19.1%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	22.7%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	24.1%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	25.7%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	26.2%	22.3–30.4%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'024 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

684 m

Mean elevation

625 m

Relief

111 m

Mean slope

5.8°

Flat share

50.8%

South-facing

27.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 111 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

23.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

24 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

27.28 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.55 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.28 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 27.28 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

10.61 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

905

Built before 19467.2%

Built since 200148.1%

10.61 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 96/119 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitematran.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities2'094 #48 FR · #943 CH Families & children22.4% #59 FR · #444 CH Age structure14.8% #96 FR · #2001 CH Women share50.4% #24 FR · #680 CH Foreign residents28.1% #15 FR · #398 CH Population density720/km² #7 FR · #346 CH Tax burden15'176 #11 FR · #1034 CH Taxes65% #11 FR Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #37 FR · #1141 CH Sunniest municipalities44.2% #65 FR · #795 CH Rainiest municipalities1'024 mm #89 FR · #1519 CH Voter turnout52% #85 FR · #1465 CH Against Switzerland14% #73 FR · #998 CH Aligned with Switzerland86% #18 FR · #454 CH SVP strongholds15.6% #115 FR · #1968 CH SP strongholds25.7% #10 FR · #146 CH Centre strongholds22.8% #29 FR · #413 CH FDP strongholds16% #42 FR · #733 CH GLP strongholds4.4% #27 FR · #1318 CH Green strongholds8.6% #72 FR · #782 CH Largest by area2.9 km² #109 FR · #1882 CH Highest municipalities614 m #84 FR · #776 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #96 FR · #1429 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #25 FR · #681 CH Highest peaks684 m #92 FR · #1259 CH Highest-lying municipalities625 m #83 FR · #939 CH Greatest vertical range111 m #104 FR · #1778 CH Steepest municipalities5.8° #75 FR · #1423 CH Solar potential24 GWh #51 FR · #888 CH Cheapest electricity27.28 Rp./kWh #59 FR · #690 CH Most expensive electricity27.28 Rp./kWh #68 FR · #1426 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1753

Matran

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Matran1753

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Matran?: The postal code of Matran is 1753.
What is the tax rate in Matran?: The municipal tax multiplier of Matran is 65% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Matran?: A single person without children pays about 15'176 CHF income tax in Matran on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Matran have?: Matran has 2'094 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Matran?: Matran has 589 foreign residents, a share of 28.13% (2025).

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