Fribourg FR
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
Isabelle Chassot, Beat Vonlanthen, Georges Godel
Anne-Claude Demierre, Erwin Jutzet
Claude Lässer
Pascal Corminboeuf
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25
19
18
4
3
2
1
1
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
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