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Fribourg FR

Fribourg

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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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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