Population
3'336↓0.7%
About Bösingen
City · Fribourg
Bösingen is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Population
3'336
Tax multiplier
76%
Bösingen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.76%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'802↑1.0%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'874↓0.8%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
96%
0.97%↑14.1%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture74%
- Forest14%
- Settlement11%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
10.5%↓0.8%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'546↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
764↑5.1%
94%
47%
Fibre
Housing market in Bösingen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.97%, 15% below the cantonal average (1.14 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 76%, 4% below the cantonal average (79 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 61'701, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Bösingen has 3'336 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
