What is the postal code of Villars-sur-Glâne?

The postal code of Villars-sur-Glâne is 1752.

What is the tax rate in Villars-sur-Glâne?

The municipal tax multiplier of Villars-sur-Glâne is 63.9% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Villars-sur-Glâne?

A single person without children pays about 15'084 CHF income tax in Villars-sur-Glâne on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 9 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Villars-sur-Glâne have?

Villars-sur-Glâne has 12'644 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Villars-sur-Glâne?

Villars-sur-Glâne has 4'448 foreign residents, a share of 35.18% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Sarine

Villars-sur-Glâne

1752

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'461 51.1%

Men

6'183 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'816 22.3%

Swiss citizens

8'196 64.8%

Foreign residents

4'448 35.2%

Population density

2'307 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'816 · 22.3%20–64 · 7'510 · 59.4%65+ · 2'318 · 18.3%

Foreign residents 35.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +137 (+1.1%) · 119 births · 82 deaths · net migration +107

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 Villars-sur-Glâne

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 Sarine: 34.4% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 24.3% Yes

21.6% YesNo 78.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 43.8% Yes

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 35.4% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 26.9% Yes

28.4% YesNo 71.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 60.6% Yes

62.5% YesNo 37.5%

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 Sarine: 37.4% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 30.7% Yes

29.1% YesNo 70.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 42.8% Yes

40.1% YesNo 60.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Sarine: 67.8% Yes

68.2% YesNo 31.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP28.1% · strongest party

SP28.1%

Mitte20.0%

GRÜNE16.9%

SVP13.0%

FDP12.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier63.9%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

63.9%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 9 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'084 CHF(15.1%)

Rank 9 of 119 in the canton · 1016 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:15'084 CHF(~15.1%)

Villars-sur-GlâneCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Villars-sur-Glâne	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	6.7%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	9%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	10.8%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	12%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	13.1%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	14%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.1%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	15.9%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.7%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	17.4%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.2%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	18.9%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	20.9%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	22.6%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	23.9%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	25%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	25.6%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	26.1%	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 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'060 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

724 m

Mean elevation

662 m

Relief

169 m

Mean slope

6.6°

Flat share

45.8%

South-facing

35.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 169 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

61.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

86.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

13'600

Per inhabitant

4'835 kWh/yr

61 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300607 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Fribourg405 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Villars-sur-Glâne →Canton Fribourg →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

0.98 %

Second homes

7.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

5'735

Built before 19464.7%

Built since 200130.2%

0.98 %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

10'817

Workplaces

786

Services share

80.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 12 (0.1%) · Secondary 2'140 (19.8%) · Tertiary 8'665 (80.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

110 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 50 min · Car 29 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 109/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2228

Websitevillars-sur-glane.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Sarine

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Villars-sur-Glâne ranks

Largest municipalities12'644 #3 FR · #126 CH Growing municipalities1.1% #53 FR · #734 CH Shrinking municipalities1.1% #66 FR · #1372 CH Jobs per resident0.86 #5 FR · #127 CH Families & children22.3% #62 FR · #470 CH Age structure18.3% #42 FR · #1586 CH Women share51.1% #15 FR · #347 CH Foreign residents35.2% #9 FR · #154 CH Population density2'307/km² #2 FR · #53 CH Tax burden15'084 #9 FR · #1016 CH Taxes63.9% #9 FR Warmest municipalities9 °C #54 FR · #1361 CH Sunniest municipalities43.9% #72 FR · #856 CH Rainiest municipalities1'060 mm #75 FR · #1323 CH Voter turnout54.9% #55 FR · #1223 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #63 FR · #771 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #31 FR · #662 CH SVP strongholds13% #119 FR · #2049 CH SP strongholds28.1% #5 FR · #88 CH Centre strongholds20% #55 FR · #525 CH FDP strongholds12.8% #72 FR · #1052 CH GLP strongholds3.9% #38 FR · #1423 CH Green strongholds16.9% #4 FR · #68 CH Largest by area5.5 km² #85 FR · #1467 CH Highest municipalities659 m #74 FR · #673 CH Second homes7.2% #105 FR · #1791 CH Organic farming25% #18 FR · #443 CH Best-connected municipalities50 min #11 FR · #470 CH Remotest municipalities50 min #109 FR · #1638 CH Highest peaks724 m #80 FR · #1146 CH Highest-lying municipalities662 m #72 FR · #844 CH Greatest vertical range169 m #80 FR · #1497 CH Steepest municipalities6.6° #59 FR · #1302 CH Solar potential61 GWh #12 FR · #231 CH Solar potential per capita4'835 kWh #117 FR · #1997 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #65 FR · #982 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #72 FR · #1143 CH

Postal codes (1)

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1752

Villars-sur-Glâne

Localities

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Villars-sur-Glâne1752

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Villars-sur-Glâne?: The postal code of Villars-sur-Glâne is 1752.
What is the tax rate in Villars-sur-Glâne?: The municipal tax multiplier of Villars-sur-Glâne is 63.9% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Villars-sur-Glâne?: A single person without children pays about 15'084 CHF income tax in Villars-sur-Glâne on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 9 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Villars-sur-Glâne have?: Villars-sur-Glâne has 12'644 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Villars-sur-Glâne?: Villars-sur-Glâne has 4'448 foreign residents, a share of 35.18% (2025).

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