What is the postal code of Pierrafortscha?

The postal code of Pierrafortscha is 1723.

What is the tax rate in Pierrafortscha?

The municipal tax multiplier of Pierrafortscha is 80% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Pierrafortscha?

A single person without children pays about 16'432 CHF income tax in Pierrafortscha on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 46 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Pierrafortscha have?

Pierrafortscha has 148 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Pierrafortscha?

Pierrafortscha has 17 foreign residents, a share of 11.49% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Sarine

Pierrafortscha

1723

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

68 45.9%

Men

80 54.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

25 16.9%

Swiss citizens

131 88.5%

Foreign residents

17 11.5%

Population density

29 pop./km²

0–19 · 25 · 16.9%20–64 · 83 · 56.1%65+ · 40 · 27.0%

Foreign residents 11.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−1.3%) · 0 births · 1 deaths · net migration +0

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 Pierrafortscha

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

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

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

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

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

48.0% YesNo 52.1%

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

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

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

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

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

71.6% YesNo 28.4%

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

26.1% YesNo 73.9%

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

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

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

40.6% YesNo 59.4%

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

75.0% YesNo 25.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP34.2% · strongest party

SVP34.2%

Mitte21.6%

FDP19.6%

SP9.2%

GRÜNE8.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier80%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

80%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 51 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'432 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 46 of 119 in the canton · 1529 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:16'432 CHF(~16.4%)

PierrafortschaCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Pierrafortscha	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.3%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.9%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.8%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.5%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.5%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	28%	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'131 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

783 m

Mean elevation

705 m

Relief

230 m

Mean slope

7.4°

Flat share

44.0%

South-facing

14.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 230 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

4.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

31'757 kWh/yr

5 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 Pierrafortscha →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

0 %

Second homes

14.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

Built before 194660.0%

Built since 20014.6%

0 %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

Workplaces

Services share

19 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 22 (52.4%) · Secondary 12 (28.6%) · Tertiary 8 (19.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

686 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 68 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 70/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2216

Websitepierrafortscha.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Sarine

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Pierrafortscha ranks

Largest municipalities148 #116 FR · #2064 CH Growing municipalities-1.3% #109 FR · #1890 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.3% #11 FR · #220 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #61 FR · #1380 CH Families & children16.9% #117 FR · #1829 CH Age structure27% #2 FR · #231 CH Women share45.9% #117 FR · #2057 CH Foreign residents11.5% #100 FR · #1588 CH Population density29/km² #116 FR · #1903 CH Tax burden16'432 #54 FR · #1537 CH Taxes80% #51 FR Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #75 FR · #1506 CH Sunniest municipalities44.2% #66 FR · #796 CH Rainiest municipalities1'131 mm #60 FR · #919 CH Voter turnout68.9% #4 FR · #86 CH SVP strongholds34.2% #35 FR · #1027 CH SP strongholds9.2% #110 FR · #1596 CH Centre strongholds21.6% #38 FR · #461 CH FDP strongholds19.6% #21 FR · #482 CH GLP strongholds5% #18 FR · #1187 CH Green strongholds8.8% #69 FR · #740 CH Largest by area5.1 km² #88 FR · #1531 CH Highest municipalities751 m #40 FR · #500 CH Second homes14.1% #20 FR · #665 CH Organic farming25% #17 FR · #442 CH Best-connected municipalities68 min #50 FR · #1017 CH Remotest municipalities68 min #70 FR · #1081 CH Highest peaks783 m #64 FR · #1013 CH Highest-lying municipalities705 m #64 FR · #757 CH Greatest vertical range230 m #55 FR · #1225 CH Steepest municipalities7.4° #49 FR · #1178 CH Solar potential5 GWh #110 FR · #1943 CH Solar potential per capita31'757 kWh #3 FR · #34 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #62 FR · #979 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #69 FR · #1140 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1723

Pierrafortscha

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Pierrafortscha1723

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Pierrafortscha?: The postal code of Pierrafortscha is 1723.
What is the tax rate in Pierrafortscha?: The municipal tax multiplier of Pierrafortscha is 80% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Pierrafortscha?: A single person without children pays about 16'432 CHF income tax in Pierrafortscha on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 46 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Pierrafortscha have?: Pierrafortscha has 148 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Pierrafortscha?: Pierrafortscha has 17 foreign residents, a share of 11.49% (2025).

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