What is the postal code of Misery-Courtion?

The postal code of Misery-Courtion is 1721.

What is the tax rate in Misery-Courtion?

The municipal tax multiplier of Misery-Courtion is 88% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Misery-Courtion?

A single person without children pays about 17'101 CHF income tax in Misery-Courtion on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Misery-Courtion have?

Misery-Courtion has 2'393 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Misery-Courtion?

Misery-Courtion has 758 foreign residents, a share of 31.68% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk See / District du Lac

Misery-Courtion

1721

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'170 48.9%

Men

1'223 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

592 24.7%

Swiss citizens

1'635 68.3%

Foreign residents

758 31.7%

Population density

211 pop./km²

0–19 · 592 · 24.7%20–64 · 1'458 · 60.9%65+ · 343 · 14.3%

Foreign residents 31.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −11 (−0.5%) · 33 births · 8 deaths · net migration −29

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 Misery-Courtion

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

24.6% 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

32.1% YesNo 68.0%

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

53.3% YesNo 46.7%

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

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

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

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

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

55.7% YesNo 44.3%

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

22.9% YesNo 77.1%

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

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

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

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

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

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.1% · strongest party

SVP37.1%

SP21.7%

Mitte15.8%

FDP9.3%

GRÜNE8.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier88%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

88%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 95 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'101 CHF(17.1%)

Rank 94 of 119 in the canton · 1889 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:17'101 CHF(~17.1%)

Misery-CourtionCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Misery-Courtion	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.7%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.3%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12.3%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	16%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	17.1%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	18%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.3%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.4%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.2%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020992 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

660 m

Mean elevation

585 m

Relief

176 m

Mean slope

5.4°

Flat share

59.4%

South-facing

6.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 176 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

24.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

31.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

Per inhabitant

10'050 kWh/yr

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 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 Misery-Courtion →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

3.49 %

Second homes

9.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

1'061

Built before 194617.9%

Built since 200145.9%

3.49 %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

492

Workplaces

118

Services share

65.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 84 (17.1%) · Secondary 87 (17.7%) · Tertiary 321 (65.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4 %

Farmland

784 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 65/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2272

Websitemisery-courtion.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk See / District du Lac

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Misery-Courtion ranks

Largest municipalities2'393 #44 FR · #874 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #96 FR · #1631 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #23 FR · #479 CH Jobs per resident0.21 #86 FR · #1722 CH Families & children24.7% #12 FR · #96 CH Age structure14.3% #101 FR · #2030 CH Women share48.9% #91 FR · #1559 CH Foreign residents31.7% #12 FR · #240 CH Population density211/km² #52 FR · #994 CH Tax burden17'101 #94 FR · #1889 CH Taxes88% #95 FR Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #27 FR · #965 CH Sunniest municipalities42.9% #101 FR · #1014 CH Rainiest municipalities992 mm #99 FR · #1658 CH Voter turnout47% #118 FR · #1972 CH Against Switzerland19.8% #30 FR · #518 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.2% #59 FR · #936 CH SVP strongholds37.1% #22 FR · #831 CH SP strongholds21.7% #33 FR · #344 CH Centre strongholds15.8% #100 FR · #773 CH FDP strongholds9.3% #98 FR · #1479 CH GLP strongholds3.6% #43 FR · #1469 CH Green strongholds8.1% #83 FR · #856 CH Largest by area11.4 km² #47 FR · #859 CH Highest municipalities588 m #86 FR · #859 CH Second homes9.1% #82 FR · #1384 CH Organic farming4% #75 FR · #1556 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #56 FR · #1109 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #65 FR · #996 CH Highest peaks660 m #98 FR · #1328 CH Highest-lying municipalities585 m #91 FR · #1071 CH Greatest vertical range176 m #75 FR · #1459 CH Steepest municipalities5.4° #84 FR · #1491 CH Solar potential24 GWh #50 FR · #873 CH Solar potential per capita10'050 kWh #78 FR · #1053 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #82 FR · #999 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #89 FR · #1160 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1721

Misery

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Cormérod1721 Cournillens1721 Courtion1721 Misery1721

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Misery-Courtion?: The postal code of Misery-Courtion is 1721.
What is the tax rate in Misery-Courtion?: The municipal tax multiplier of Misery-Courtion is 88% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Misery-Courtion?: A single person without children pays about 17'101 CHF income tax in Misery-Courtion on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Misery-Courtion have?: Misery-Courtion has 2'393 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Misery-Courtion?: Misery-Courtion has 758 foreign residents, a share of 31.68% (2025).

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