Ordinance on the so-called legal population - Definition

1. The civil population corresponds to the annually surveyed permanent resident population according to Article 2 letter d of the Ordinance on the Federal Population Census (SR 431.112.1); paragraphs 2 and 3 remain reserved.

2. The status of the civil population may be adjusted if the Office for Statistics and Data of the Canton of Fribourg becomes aware of proven errors or inaccuracies in the status of the permanent resident population that the Federal Statistical Office can no longer take into account.

3. Asylum seekers, provisionally admitted persons, and persons in need of protection who reside in an asylum center, as well as refugees housed in an accommodation, training, and integration center, shall not be counted towards the civil population regardless of the type of residence permit and the total duration of stay in Switzerland.

1. The status of the civil legal population of the municipalities as of December 31st of each year shall be established in a separate regulation.

1. The financial contributions of the municipalities, which they must pay annually based on their civil law population, are calculated according to the number set by the State Council during the year, generally in September.

2. If these costs are billed in installments, the amounts charged to the municipalities' accounts based on the figures set by the State Council in the previous year are considered advance payments. These amounts are adjusted in the final settlement according to the latest civil law population figure set by the State Council.

3. Deviating provisions in special legislation remain reserved.

1. The following are repealed

a) the decision of 9 September 1980 concerning the Federal Census of 1980 and the related statistical surveys (SGF 111.11);

b) the decision of 11 April 2000 on the execution of the Federal Census 2000 and the calculation of the civil population of the municipalities of the Canton of Fribourg (SGF 111.14);

c) the decision of 2 November 1981 concerning the use of statistical data on the population status (SGF 111.21);

d) the decision of 24 April 2001 on the application of the civil population criterion in calculating the financial contributions charged to the municipalities (SGF 111.61);

e) the ordinance of 17 August 2004 on the calculation of the municipalities' financial contributions to kindergarten and primary school costs (SGF 111.62).

1. This regulation comes into force immediately.