What is the postal code of Ried bei Kerzers?

Ried bei Kerzers has 2 postal codes: 3210, 3216.

What is the tax rate in Ried bei Kerzers?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ried bei Kerzers is 72.5% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Ried bei Kerzers?

A single person without children pays about 15'804 CHF income tax in Ried bei Kerzers on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ried bei Kerzers have?

Ried bei Kerzers has 1'285 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ried bei Kerzers?

Ried bei Kerzers has 232 foreign residents, a share of 18.05% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk See / District du Lac

Ried bei Kerzers

3210–3216

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

601 46.8%

Men

684 53.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

224 17.4%

Swiss citizens

1'053 82.0%

Foreign residents

232 18.1%

Population density

170 pop./km²

0–19 · 224 · 17.4%20–64 · 821 · 63.9%65+ · 240 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 18.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +48 (+3.9%) · 16 births · 3 deaths · net migration +33

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 Ried bei 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

20.1% YesNo 79.9%

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

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

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

64.0% YesNo 36.0%

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

59.6% YesNo 40.4%

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

39.8% YesNo 60.3%

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

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

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

16.1% YesNo 83.9%

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

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

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

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

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

74.7% YesNo 25.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.6% · strongest party

SVP41.6%

FDP19.4%

Mitte14.4%

SP8.5%

GLP5.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier72.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

72.5%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 20 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'804 CHF(15.8%)

Rank 20 of 119 in the canton · 1176 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:15'804 CHF(~15.8%)

Ried bei KerzersCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ried bei Kerzers	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.5%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.3%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.6%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	13.7%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	14.7%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.8%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.5%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.2%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	19.8%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.8%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.5%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	24.9%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	26.6%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.1%	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020978 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

543 m

Mean elevation

466 m

Relief

112 m

Mean slope

3.3°

Flat share

74.4%

South-facing

2.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 112 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

50.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

56 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'300

Per inhabitant

39'502 kWh/yr

51 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 Ried bei 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

0.66 %

Second homes

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

604

Built before 194628.3%

Built since 200141.2%

0.66 %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

952

Workplaces

Services share

38.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 391 (41.1%) · Secondary 193 (20.3%) · Tertiary 368 (38.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

656 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 54 min · Car 25 min

AgglomerationPT 39 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 103/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2276

Websiteried.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk See / District du Lac

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ried bei Kerzers ranks

Largest municipalities1'285 #73 FR · #1275 CH Growing municipalities3.9% #11 FR · #100 CH Shrinking municipalities3.9% #109 FR · #2011 CH Jobs per resident0.74 #7 FR · #189 CH Families & children17.4% #114 FR · #1761 CH Age structure18.7% #39 FR · #1499 CH Women share46.8% #115 FR · #2021 CH Foreign residents18.1% #58 FR · #1040 CH Population density170/km² #64 FR · #1127 CH Tax burden15'804 #20 FR · #1176 CH Taxes72.5% #20 FR Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #12 FR · #404 CH Sunniest municipalities41.9% #116 FR · #1145 CH Rainiest municipalities978 mm #107 FR · #1723 CH Voter turnout64.1% #8 FR · #254 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #75 FR · #1000 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #20 FR · #456 CH SVP strongholds41.6% #12 FR · #584 CH SP strongholds8.5% #111 FR · #1654 CH Centre strongholds14.4% #109 FR · #870 CH FDP strongholds19.4% #23 FR · #501 CH GLP strongholds5.7% #11 FR · #1030 CH Green strongholds5.4% #111 FR · #1464 CH Largest by area7.6 km² #71 FR · #1186 CH Highest municipalities511 m #96 FR · #1160 CH Second homes8.7% #84 FR · #1459 CH Organic farming16.7% #28 FR · #781 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #17 FR · #592 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #103 FR · #1512 CH Highest peaks543 m #109 FR · #1742 CH Highest-lying municipalities466 m #111 FR · #1617 CH Greatest vertical range112 m #103 FR · #1774 CH Steepest municipalities3.3° #108 FR · #1864 CH Solar potential51 GWh #16 FR · #317 CH Solar potential per capita39'502 kWh #2 FR · #17 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #83 FR · #1000 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #90 FR · #1161 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Agriswil3216 Kerzers3210 Ried b. Kerzers3216

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ried bei Kerzers?: Ried bei Kerzers has 2 postal codes: 3210, 3216.
What is the tax rate in Ried bei Kerzers?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ried bei Kerzers is 72.5% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Ried bei Kerzers?: A single person without children pays about 15'804 CHF income tax in Ried bei Kerzers on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ried bei Kerzers have?: Ried bei Kerzers has 1'285 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ried bei Kerzers?: Ried bei Kerzers has 232 foreign residents, a share of 18.05% (2025).

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