What is the postal code of St. Ursen?

St. Ursen has 3 postal codes: 1715, 1717, 1718.

What is the tax rate in St. Ursen?

The municipal tax multiplier of St. Ursen is 75% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in St. Ursen?

A single person without children pays about 16'013 CHF income tax in St. Ursen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 26 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does St. Ursen have?

St. Ursen has 1'389 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in St. Ursen?

St. Ursen has 154 foreign residents, a share of 11.09% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk Sense

St. Ursen

1715–1718

FR CANTON1715 1717 1718

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

690 49.7%

Men

699 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

277 19.9%

Swiss citizens

1'235 88.9%

Foreign residents

154 11.1%

Population density

88 pop./km²

0–19 · 277 · 19.9%20–64 · 823 · 59.3%65+ · 289 · 20.8%

Foreign residents 11.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −30 (−2.1%) · 12 births · 8 deaths · net migration −36

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. Ursen

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

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

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

27.8% YesNo 72.3%

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

53.3% YesNo 46.7%

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

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

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

38.9% YesNo 61.1%

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

50.1% YesNo 49.9%

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

27.1% YesNo 72.9%

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

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

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

78.5% YesNo 21.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.1% · strongest party

SVP36.1%

Mitte24.7%

GRÜNE12.2%

SP10.3%

FDP7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier75%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

75%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 28 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'013 CHF(16%)

Rank 26 of 119 in the canton · 1276 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:16'013 CHF(~16%)

St. UrsenCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	St. Ursen	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.1%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9.6%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12.8%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	13.9%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.3%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.8%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	26.3%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	26.9%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.4%	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 1991–20208.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'175 mm

8.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

890 m

Mean elevation

733 m

Relief

342 m

Mean slope

7.6°

Flat share

36.7%

South-facing

5.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 342 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

24.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

31.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'400

Per inhabitant

17'444 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 St. Ursen →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

1.54 %

Second homes

10.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

650

Built before 194629.2%

Built since 200126.2%

1.54 %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

391

Workplaces

120

Services share

52.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 116 (29.7%) · Secondary 68 (17.4%) · Tertiary 207 (52.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.8 %

Farmland

1'117 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 64 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 24 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 83/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2304

Websitestursen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Sense

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where St. Ursen ranks

Largest municipalities1'389 #69 FR · #1232 CH Growing municipalities-2.1% #114 FR · #1992 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.1% #5 FR · #116 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #62 FR · #1381 CH Families & children19.9% #90 FR · #1178 CH Age structure20.8% #26 FR · #1075 CH Women share49.7% #57 FR · #1127 CH Foreign residents11.1% #102 FR · #1621 CH Population density88/km² #98 FR · #1549 CH Tax burden16'013 #32 FR · #1282 CH Taxes75% #28 FR Warmest municipalities8.6 °C #82 FR · #1539 CH Sunniest municipalities44.5% #55 FR · #735 CH Rainiest municipalities1'175 mm #48 FR · #753 CH Voter turnout54.4% #64 FR · #1304 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #83 FR · #1224 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #7 FR · #235 CH SVP strongholds36.1% #26 FR · #893 CH SP strongholds10.3% #108 FR · #1491 CH Centre strongholds24.7% #17 FR · #360 CH FDP strongholds7% #110 FR · #1712 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #48 FR · #1506 CH Green strongholds12.2% #23 FR · #320 CH Largest by area15.7 km² #33 FR · #611 CH Highest municipalities734 m #49 FR · #533 CH Second homes10.6% #55 FR · #1115 CH Organic farming4.8% #71 FR · #1540 CH Best-connected municipalities64 min #41 FR · #906 CH Remotest municipalities64 min #83 FR · #1199 CH Highest peaks890 m #49 FR · #847 CH Highest-lying municipalities733 m #52 FR · #701 CH Greatest vertical range342 m #33 FR · #918 CH Steepest municipalities7.6° #44 FR · #1153 CH Solar potential24 GWh #48 FR · #868 CH Solar potential per capita17'444 kWh #11 FR · #284 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #94 FR · #1011 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #101 FR · #1172 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Alterswil FR1715 Rechthalten1718 St. Ursen1717

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of St. Ursen?: St. Ursen has 3 postal codes: 1715, 1717, 1718.
What is the tax rate in St. Ursen?: The municipal tax multiplier of St. Ursen is 75% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in St. Ursen?: A single person without children pays about 16'013 CHF income tax in St. Ursen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 26 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does St. Ursen have?: St. Ursen has 1'389 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in St. Ursen?: St. Ursen has 154 foreign residents, a share of 11.09% (2025).

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