 Downtown Bulle is made up of many shops and offices, a train/bus station (TPF) (with regular service to nearby Fribourg), and an old château that was converted into a prison.A sculpture of a bull sits in a traffic circle by the bus station, showing the emblematic animal for which Bulle is named.In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 32.8% of the vote.