What is the postal code of Aigle?

Aigle has 2 postal codes: 1860, 1863.

What is the tax rate in Aigle?

The municipal tax multiplier of Aigle is 66% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Aigle?

A single person without children pays about 15'889 CHF income tax in Aigle on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 87 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Aigle have?

Aigle has 12'050 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Aigle?

Aigle has 5'241 foreign residents, a share of 43.49% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District d'Aigle

Aigle

1860–1863

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'189 51.4%

Men

5'861 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'790 23.2%

Swiss citizens

6'809 56.5%

Foreign residents

5'241 43.5%

Population density

734 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'790 · 23.2%20–64 · 7'166 · 59.5%65+ · 2'094 · 17.4%

Foreign residents 43.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +298 (+2.5%) · 140 births · 99 deaths · net migration +247

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Aigle

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 24.7% Yes

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 32.3% Yes

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 57.8% Yes

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 51.3% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 43.3% Yes

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 39.3% Yes

41.1% YesNo 58.9%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 47.7% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 41.8% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 45.6% Yes

47.0% YesNo 53.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 65.3% Yes

64.4% YesNo 35.6%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP28.0% · strongest party

SP28.0%

FDP24.7%

SVP19.8%

GRÜNE11.3%

GLP4.4%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier66%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

66%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 89 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'889 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 87 of 300 in the canton · 1215 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'889 CHF(~15.9%)

AigleCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Aigle	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.8%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.8%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.8%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.6%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.2%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.2%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'333 mm

7.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'062 m

Mean elevation

496 m

Relief

682 m

Mean slope

13.4°

Flat share

56.8%

South-facing

15.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 682 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

102.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

130.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

22'700

Per inhabitant

8'492 kWh/yr

102 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

29.19 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.22 Rp./kWh

29.19 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Romande Energie SA

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Aigle →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Vaud. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Vaud (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.71 %

Second homes

11.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.1

Dwellings

6'067

Built before 194621.3%

Built since 200130.6%

0.71 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

6'517

Workplaces

962

Services share

74.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 310 (4.8%) · Secondary 1'366 (21.0%) · Tertiary 4'841 (74.3%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

643 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 52 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 12 min · Car 5 min

Remoteness 157/300 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5401

Head of governmentFrédéric Borloz · FDP.Die Liberalen

Websiteaigle.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict d'Aigle

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Aigle ranks

Largest municipalities12'050 #15 VD · #134 CH Growing municipalities2.5% #38 VD · #227 CH Shrinking municipalities2.5% #263 VD · #1884 CH Jobs per resident0.54 #56 VD · #454 CH Families & children23.2% #115 VD · #283 CH Age structure17.4% #160 VD · #1726 CH Women share51.4% #64 VD · #266 CH Foreign residents43.5% #11 VD · #51 CH Population density734/km² #30 VD · #337 CH Tax burden15'889 #87 VD · #1215 CH Taxes66% #89 VD Warmest municipalities7.9 °C #267 VD · #1726 CH Sunniest municipalities51.1% #4 VD · #207 CH Rainiest municipalities1'333 mm #47 VD · #447 CH Voter turnout50.2% #283 VD · #1765 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #111 VD · #943 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #17 VD · #541 CH SVP strongholds19.8% #219 VD · #1795 CH SP strongholds28% #39 VD · #89 CH Centre strongholds3.6% #236 VD · #1949 CH FDP strongholds24.7% #121 VD · #243 CH GLP strongholds4.4% #239 VD · #1334 CH Green strongholds11.3% #157 VD · #417 CH Largest by area16.4 km² #53 VD · #587 CH Highest municipalities418 m #274 VD · #1796 CH Second homes11.3% #129 VD · #1003 CH Organic farming10% #148 VD · #1235 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #134 VD · #536 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #157 VD · #1586 CH Highest peaks1'062 m #65 VD · #690 CH Highest-lying municipalities496 m #205 VD · #1442 CH Greatest vertical range682 m #51 VD · #567 CH Steepest municipalities13.4° #27 VD · #672 CH Solar potential102 GWh #3 VD · #77 CH Solar potential per capita8'492 kWh #214 VD · #1361 CH Cheapest electricity29.19 Rp./kWh #260 VD · #1664 CH Most expensive electricity29.19 Rp./kWh #40 VD · #442 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Aigle1860 Le Sépey1863

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Aigle?: Aigle has 2 postal codes: 1860, 1863.
What is the tax rate in Aigle?: The municipal tax multiplier of Aigle is 66% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Aigle?: A single person without children pays about 15'889 CHF income tax in Aigle on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 87 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Aigle have?: Aigle has 12'050 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Aigle?: Aigle has 5'241 foreign residents, a share of 43.49% (2025).

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