Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal governement:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives):
Social Democratic Party (2 seats):
Liliane Chappuis, Christian Levrat
Christian Democratic Party (2 seats):
Dominique de Buman, Thérèse Meyer
Christian Social Party (1 seat):
Hugo Fasel
Radical Party (1 seat):
Jean-Paul Glasson
Swiss People's Party (1 seat):
Jean-François Rime
Senate:
Alain Berset, Social Democratic Party and Urs Schwaller, Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party
Isabelle Chassot, Beat Vonlanthen, Georges Godel
end of infoboxSocial Democratic Party
Anne-Claude Demierre, Erwin Jutzet
end of infoboxRadical Party
Claude Lässer
end of infoboxIndependent
Pascal Corminboeuf
end of infoboxChristian Democratic Party
37
end of infoboxSocial Democratic Party
25
end of infoboxRadical Party
19
end of infoboxRadical Party
18
end of infoboxChristian Social Party
4
end of infoboxGreen Party
3
end of infoboxMvt ouverture
2
end of infoboxProtestant Party
1
end of infoboxIndépendant-Ouverture-Solidarité
1
end of infoboxKey data
Capital: Fribourg
Area: 1'671 km2
Number of communes (2006): 168
Resident population (2006): 259'800
Foreign population (2005): 15.9%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 38'760
Unemployment rate (2006): 3.0%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1481