Population
4'285↓0.3%
About Schmitten (FR)
Municipality · Fribourg
Schmitten 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
4'285
Tax multiplier
77%
Schmitten (FR) in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
77%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 68'287
Above average in canton
Vacancy
0.67%↓6.9%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture70%
- Settlement15%
- Forest14%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
13.0%↑0.9%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'940↓0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
1'109↑0.4%
94%
11%
Fibre
Housing market in Schmitten (FR)
The rental vacancy rate is 0.67%, 41% below the cantonal average (1.14 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 77%, 3% below the cantonal average (79 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 68'287, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Schmitten (FR) has 4'285 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
