What is the postal code of St. Silvester?

St. Silvester has 3 postal codes: 1724, 1734, 1736.

What is the tax rate in St. Silvester?

The municipal tax multiplier of St. Silvester is 95% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in St. Silvester?

A single person without children pays about 17'687 CHF income tax in St. Silvester on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 115 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does St. Silvester have?

St. Silvester has 1'062 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in St. Silvester?

St. Silvester has 106 foreign residents, a share of 9.98% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk Sense

St. Silvester

1724–1736

FR CANTON1724 1734 1736

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

540 50.8%

Men

522 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

189 17.8%

Swiss citizens

956 90.0%

Foreign residents

106 10.0%

Population density

151 pop./km²

0–19 · 189 · 17.8%20–64 · 641 · 60.4%65+ · 232 · 21.8%

Foreign residents 10.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−0.2%) · 14 births · 9 deaths · net migration −6

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 St. Silvester

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 Sense: 24.2% Yes

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 27.3% Yes

50.3% YesNo 49.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 50.6% Yes

56.2% YesNo 43.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 50.2% Yes

74.7% YesNo 25.3%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 37.8% Yes

31.4% YesNo 68.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 51.6% Yes

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

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 Bezirk Sense: 22.9% Yes

14.4% YesNo 85.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 38.2% Yes

55.5% YesNo 44.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 36.5% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sense: 74.9% Yes

64.8% YesNo 35.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP59.3% · strongest party

SVP59.3%

Mitte17.6%

SP8.0%

FDP5.1%

GRÜNE4.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

95%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 115 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'687 CHF(17.7%)

Rank 115 of 119 in the canton · 2055 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:17'687 CHF(~17.7%)

St. SilvesterCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	St. Silvester	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.9%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.7%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12.7%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	14.2%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	16.5%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	17.7%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	18.6%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	19.5%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	21.2%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	22%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	24.1%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	26%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	27.5%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	28.6%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	29.2%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	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 1991–20208.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'182 mm

8.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'236 m

Mean elevation

856 m

Relief

552 m

Mean slope

10.6°

Flat share

21.2%

South-facing

6.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 552 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

12.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

16 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'700

Per inhabitant

11'375 kWh/yr

12 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 St. Silvester →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

1.37 %

Second homes

6.3 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

511

Built before 194618.8%

Built since 200124.3%

1.37 %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

187

Workplaces

Services share

61 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 59 (31.6%) · Secondary 14 (7.5%) · Tertiary 114 (61.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

287 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 77/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2303

Websitestsilvester.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Sense

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where St. Silvester ranks

Largest municipalities1'062 #85 FR · #1423 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #89 FR · #1526 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #30 FR · #583 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #97 FR · #1857 CH Families & children17.8% #112 FR · #1696 CH Age structure21.8% #16 FR · #893 CH Women share50.8% #19 FR · #504 CH Foreign residents10% #107 FR · #1699 CH Population density151/km² #75 FR · #1217 CH Tax burden17'687 #117 FR · #2057 CH Taxes95% #115 FR Warmest municipalities8.5 °C #90 FR · #1575 CH Sunniest municipalities44.8% #45 FR · #694 CH Rainiest municipalities1'182 mm #46 FR · #734 CH Voter turnout49.7% #111 FR · #1806 CH Against Switzerland35.3% #1 FR · #14 CH Aligned with Switzerland64.7% #89 FR · #1446 CH SVP strongholds59.3% #1 FR · #58 CH SP strongholds8% #116 FR · #1694 CH Centre strongholds17.6% #78 FR · #662 CH FDP strongholds5.1% #114 FR · #1849 CH GLP strongholds1.8% #101 FR · #1787 CH Green strongholds4.8% #113 FR · #1577 CH Largest by area7 km² #77 FR · #1258 CH Highest municipalities848 m #14 FR · #369 CH Second homes6.3% #115 FR · #1939 CH Organic farming0% #114 FR · #1748 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #46 FR · #941 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #77 FR · #1171 CH Highest peaks1'236 m #23 FR · #589 CH Highest-lying municipalities856 m #27 FR · #545 CH Greatest vertical range552 m #25 FR · #654 CH Steepest municipalities10.6° #20 FR · #880 CH Solar potential12 GWh #87 FR · #1408 CH Solar potential per capita11'375 kWh #59 FR · #853 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #93 FR · #1010 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #100 FR · #1171 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Bonnefontaine1724 St. Silvester1736 Tentlingen1734

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of St. Silvester?: St. Silvester has 3 postal codes: 1724, 1734, 1736.
What is the tax rate in St. Silvester?: The municipal tax multiplier of St. Silvester is 95% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in St. Silvester?: A single person without children pays about 17'687 CHF income tax in St. Silvester on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 115 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does St. Silvester have?: St. Silvester has 1'062 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in St. Silvester?: St. Silvester has 106 foreign residents, a share of 9.98% (2025).

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