What is the postal code of Surpierre?

Surpierre has 5 postal codes: 1525, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1534.

What is the tax rate in Surpierre?

The municipal tax multiplier of Surpierre is 88.7% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Surpierre?

A single person without children pays about 17'160 CHF income tax in Surpierre on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 98 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Surpierre have?

Surpierre has 1'259 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Surpierre?

Surpierre has 203 foreign residents, a share of 16.12% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Broye

Surpierre

1525–1534

FR CANTON1525 1527 1528 1529+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

618 49.1%

Men

641 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

284 22.6%

Swiss citizens

1'056 83.9%

Foreign residents

203 16.1%

Population density

85 pop./km²

0–19 · 284 · 22.6%20–64 · 758 · 60.2%65+ · 217 · 17.2%

Foreign residents 16.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +39 (+3.2%) · 10 births · 11 deaths · net migration +30

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 Surpierre

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 Broye: 24.9% Yes

22.1% YesNo 78.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 32.3% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 53.4% Yes

54.1% YesNo 46.0%

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

62.6% YesNo 37.4%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 31.7% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 56.5% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

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 Broye: 25.8% Yes

16.8% YesNo 83.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 40.8% Yes

50.1% YesNo 49.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 51.1% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 61.4% Yes

49.7% YesNo 50.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.6% · strongest party

SVP39.6%

SP20.1%

Mitte16.8%

FDP8.6%

GRÜNE6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier88.7%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

88.7%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 98 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'160 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 98 of 119 in the canton · 1900 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:17'160 CHF(~17.2%)

SurpierreCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Surpierre	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.7%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.4%	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	17.2%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	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	20.6%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.4%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.5%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.8%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	27.9%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	29%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'018 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

703 m

Mean elevation

591 m

Relief

235 m

Mean slope

8.9°

Flat share

38.6%

South-facing

13.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 235 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

19.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

25.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'300

Per inhabitant

15'250 kWh/yr

19 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 Surpierre →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

0.17 %

Second homes

15.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

592

Built before 194642.2%

Built since 200125.8%

0.17 %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

191

Workplaces

Services share

32.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 64 (33.5%) · Secondary 65 (34.0%) · Tertiary 62 (32.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8 %

Farmland

994 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 80 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 34 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 39/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2044

Websitesurpierre-fr.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Surpierre ranks

Largest municipalities1'259 #74 FR · #1288 CH Growing municipalities3.2% #17 FR · #138 CH Shrinking municipalities3.2% #102 FR · #1971 CH Jobs per resident0.15 #103 FR · #1976 CH Families & children22.6% #52 FR · #390 CH Age structure17.2% #51 FR · #1740 CH Women share49.1% #82 FR · #1472 CH Foreign residents16.1% #70 FR · #1186 CH Population density85/km² #100 FR · #1565 CH Tax burden17'160 #98 FR · #1900 CH Taxes88.7% #98 FR Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #40 FR · #1230 CH Sunniest municipalities44.2% #64 FR · #794 CH Rainiest municipalities1'018 mm #92 FR · #1549 CH Voter turnout51.3% #99 FR · #1662 CH Against Switzerland23.5% #12 FR · #294 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.5% #77 FR · #1139 CH SVP strongholds39.6% #14 FR · #685 CH SP strongholds20.1% #46 FR · #462 CH Centre strongholds16.8% #89 FR · #708 CH FDP strongholds8.6% #102 FR · #1540 CH GLP strongholds2.2% #90 FR · #1724 CH Green strongholds6.7% #101 FR · #1164 CH Largest by area14.8 km² #36 FR · #659 CH Highest municipalities618 m #83 FR · #771 CH Second homes15.3% #17 FR · #559 CH Organic farming8% #52 FR · #1364 CH Best-connected municipalities80 min #80 FR · #1348 CH Remotest municipalities80 min #39 FR · #760 CH Highest peaks703 m #86 FR · #1198 CH Highest-lying municipalities591 m #90 FR · #1043 CH Greatest vertical range235 m #53 FR · #1203 CH Steepest municipalities8.9° #29 FR · #1022 CH Solar potential19 GWh #63 FR · #1051 CH Solar potential per capita15'250 kWh #18 FR · #398 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #12 FR · #929 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #19 FR · #1090 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 6

Chapelle (Broye)1534 Cheiry1529 Praratoud1528 Seigneux1525 Surpierre1528 Villeneuve FR1527

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Surpierre?: Surpierre has 5 postal codes: 1525, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1534.
What is the tax rate in Surpierre?: The municipal tax multiplier of Surpierre is 88.7% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Surpierre?: A single person without children pays about 17'160 CHF income tax in Surpierre on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 98 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Surpierre have?: Surpierre has 1'259 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Surpierre?: Surpierre has 203 foreign residents, a share of 16.12% (2025).

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