Living in Belmont-Broye
Belmont-Broye's population was 6,148 at the end of 2024. The resident counts list 4,424 Swiss permanent residents and 19 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024.
Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Belmont-Broye?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 70.68 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Swisscom blue Internet S15Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 56.03 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Salt Swiss 10GB10Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 16.59 EUR/m²/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)3Official · regional context |
Is Belmont-Broye a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Work and income
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 7,310 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch17Official |
What does a salary buy in Belmont-Broye?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
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Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08. | €6,113 |
| Rent, 60 m²€16.59/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31 | − €995 |
| Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30 | − €71 |
| Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30 | − €56 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €4,991 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Belmont-Broye. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
arbeit.swiss — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Belmont-Broye. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Belmont-Broye?
Police recorded about 5,503 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Canton de Fribourg12
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,503 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Canton de Fribourg12Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Belmont-Broye. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation
SEM and cantons
For migrants, refugees.
fide language promotion system — State Language Course
State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)
For adult migrants.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Belmont-Broye?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.5 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.48 µg/m³ · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1
Night-time low to daytime high
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hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Belmont-Broye 6.5
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 6.48 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3.7 · Feb 5.6 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15 · May 19.2 · Jun 23 · Jul 25.5 · Aug 25 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 7.9 · Dec 4.2 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO4Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.9 · Feb -1.8 · Mar 1 · Apr 3.7 · May 8 · Jun 11.6 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 1.8 · Dec -1.1 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO5Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 0.9 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 5.7 · Apr 9.3 · May 13.6 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 10 · Nov 4.9 · Dec 1.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO6Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 49.8 · Feb 43 · Mar 52.2 · Apr 64.3 · May 85.3 · Jun 88.1 · Jul 91.8 · Aug 88.8 · Sep 74.1 · Oct 85.5 · Nov 66.2 · Dec 64.6 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO7Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 60.1 · Feb 94.9 · Mar 157.9 · Apr 187.4 · May 207.8 · Jun 234.6 · Jul 254.3 · Aug 235.7 · Sep 179.4 · Oct 113 · Nov 60.8 · Dec 45.7 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO8Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±1.3 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.6 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
The city covered 25.9 km² in 2020.
How many people live in Belmont-Broye?
The published population was 6,148 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source16
By nationality
National passport72%Foreign residents28%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 654.1 cars/1000 residents | 31 Dec 2024 | Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS14Official |
| City area | 25.85 km² | 2020 | Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2020, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².2Official |
| Foreign non-permanent residents | 19 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,724 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.11Official |
| Non-permanent residents | 19 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official |
| Population density | 237.8 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2020-2025; FJ=2020; area observed_at=2020).2Official |
| Population | 6,148 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Switzerland official denominator source16Official |
| Swiss non-permanent residents | 0 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official |
| Swiss permanent residents | 4,424 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20249Official |
International community in Belmont-Broye
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Country of birth
Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Place of birth - total | 6,287 | 100.0% |
| In Switzerland | 4,540 | 72.2% |
| Abroad | 1,747 | 27.8% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Country of birth
Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Place of birth - total | 13 | 100.0% |
| Abroad | 12 | 92.3% |
| In Switzerland | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Citizenship
Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Citizenship - total | 13 | 100.0% |
| France | 5 | 38.5% |
| Italy | 2 | 15.4% |
| Portugal | 2 | 15.4% |
| Spain | 1 | 7.7% |
| Kosovo | 1 | 7.7% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 7.7% |
| Cameroon | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Alternatives for people set on Belmont-Broye
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Düdingen as a Belmont-Broye alternative in the same region
14 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,139 Düdingen vs 5,503 Belmont-Broye−43%
- Residents: 9,116 Düdingen vs 6,148 Belmont-Broye+48%
- Rent: €16.59/m² Düdingen vs €16.59/m² Belmont-Broyesame level
- Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Düdingen vs €7,310 Belmont-Broyesame level
- Annual PM2.5: 6.5 µg/m³ Düdingen vs 6.5 µg/m³ Belmont-Broyesame level
Luzern as a Belmont-Broye alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 100 km, better on 0 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Residents: 86,234 Luzern vs 6,148 Belmont-Broye+1303%
- Rent: €17.56/m² (2021) Luzern vs €16.59/m² (2024) Belmont-Broyeno percentage
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 12,894 Luzern vs 5,503 Belmont-Broyeno percentage
- Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Luzern vs €7,310 Belmont-Broyesame level
Cities near Belmont-Broye
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
Alternative cities in Switzerland
Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Belmont-Broye, nearest in population first.
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Belmont-Broye under the national coverage rules.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSchool for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).
A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Belmont-Broye's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Belmont-Broye?
The published population was 6,148 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.
Is the air quality good in Belmont-Broye?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.5 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).
How safe is Belmont-Broye?
Police recorded about 5,503 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Canton de Fribourg.
What is the typical salary around Belmont-Broye?
The median gross salary is 7,310 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.
How many foreign residents live in Belmont-Broye?
1,724 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..
Is Belmont-Broye a good place to live?
Belmont-Broye may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Which cities are near Belmont-Broye?
Courtepin, Payerne, Murten, Villars-sur-Glâne, Estavayer are near Belmont-Broye. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Belmont-Broye?
The official country of birth distribution records 6,287 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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- Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged) discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-23
- Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2020, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km². disseminate.stats.swiss · checked 2026-07-15
- Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) dam-api.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-09-24
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
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- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
- Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024 pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-18
- Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15
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- Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024. pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2024-12-31
- Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 — Canton de Fribourg Statistique policière de la criminalité 2025 · fr.ch · checked 2026-10-09
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-30
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-08
- Swisscom blue Internet S swisscom.ch · checked 2026-09-15
- Switzerland official denominator source pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-07-14
- www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch pxweb.bfs.admin.ch · checked 2026-08-27
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