What is the postal code of Vallon?

The postal code of Vallon is 1565.

What is the tax rate in Vallon?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vallon is 83% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Vallon?

A single person without children pays about 16'683 CHF income tax in Vallon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 65 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vallon have?

Vallon has 537 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vallon?

Vallon has 129 foreign residents, a share of 24.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Broye

Vallon

1565

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

259 48.2%

Men

278 51.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

125 23.3%

Swiss citizens

408 76.0%

Foreign residents

129 24.0%

Population density

153 pop./km²

0–19 · 125 · 23.3%20–64 · 330 · 61.5%65+ · 82 · 15.3%

Foreign residents 24.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +3 (+0.6%) · 3 births · 3 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 Vallon

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

22.9% YesNo 77.1%

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

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

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

55.7% YesNo 44.3%

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

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

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

16.2% YesNo 83.8%

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

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

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

28.8% YesNo 71.2%

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

45.7% YesNo 54.3%

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

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

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

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.1% · strongest party

SVP29.1%

SP25.5%

Mitte19.5%

GRÜNE9.4%

FDP7.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier83%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

83%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 65 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'683 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 65 of 119 in the canton · 1686 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:16'683 CHF(~16.7%)

VallonCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vallon	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.5%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	20%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.8%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	27.2%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.8%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.3%	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 1991–2020974 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

521 m

Mean elevation

477 m

Relief

83 m

Mean slope

2.6°

Flat share

90.1%

South-facing

4.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 83 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

6.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

8.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'400

Per inhabitant

11'713 kWh/yr

6 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 Vallon →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

0.77 %

Second homes

8.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

259

Built before 194622.4%

Built since 200152.1%

0.77 %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

47.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 23 (27.1%) · Secondary 22 (25.9%) · Tertiary 40 (47.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

257 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 90 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 23/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2045

Websitevallon.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Vallon ranks

Largest municipalities537 #106 FR · #1767 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #74 FR · #1065 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #45 FR · #1042 CH Jobs per resident0.16 #99 FR · #1937 CH Families & children23.3% #41 FR · #264 CH Age structure15.3% #84 FR · #1959 CH Women share48.2% #104 FR · #1813 CH Foreign residents24% #22 FR · #597 CH Population density153/km² #74 FR · #1209 CH Tax burden16'683 #66 FR · #1687 CH Taxes83% #65 FR Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #10 FR · #402 CH Sunniest municipalities43.2% #97 FR · #984 CH Rainiest municipalities974 mm #109 FR · #1739 CH Voter turnout55.1% #51 FR · #1194 CH SVP strongholds29.1% #58 FR · #1325 CH SP strongholds25.5% #11 FR · #155 CH Centre strongholds19.5% #61 FR · #555 CH FDP strongholds7.5% #108 FR · #1657 CH GLP strongholds3% #62 FR · #1585 CH Green strongholds9.4% #56 FR · #648 CH Largest by area3.5 km² #102 FR · #1795 CH Highest municipalities482 m #103 FR · #1304 CH Second homes8.1% #97 FR · #1603 CH Organic farming0% #82 FR · #1716 CH Best-connected municipalities90 min #97 FR · #1563 CH Remotest municipalities90 min #23 FR · #547 CH Highest peaks521 m #113 FR · #1809 CH Highest-lying municipalities477 m #109 FR · #1546 CH Greatest vertical range83 m #114 FR · #1921 CH Steepest municipalities2.6° #110 FR · #1940 CH Solar potential6 GWh #106 FR · #1815 CH Solar potential per capita11'713 kWh #50 FR · #789 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #13 FR · #930 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #20 FR · #1091 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1565

Vallon

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Vallon1565

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vallon?: The postal code of Vallon is 1565.
What is the tax rate in Vallon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vallon is 83% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Vallon?: A single person without children pays about 16'683 CHF income tax in Vallon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 65 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vallon have?: Vallon has 537 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vallon?: Vallon has 129 foreign residents, a share of 24.02% (2025).

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