What is the postal code of Arbedo-Castione?

Arbedo-Castione has 2 postal codes: 6517, 6532.

What is the tax rate in Arbedo-Castione?

The municipal tax multiplier of Arbedo-Castione is 91% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Arbedo-Castione?

A single person without children pays about 14'405 CHF income tax in Arbedo-Castione on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 73 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Arbedo-Castione have?

Arbedo-Castione has 5'211 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Arbedo-Castione?

Arbedo-Castione has 1'417 foreign residents, a share of 27.19% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Bellinzona

Arbedo-Castione

6517–6532

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'607 50.0%

Men

2'604 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

993 19.1%

Swiss citizens

3'794 72.8%

Foreign residents

1'417 27.2%

Population density

244 pop./km²

0–19 · 993 · 19.1%20–64 · 3'141 · 60.3%65+ · 1'077 · 20.7%

Foreign residents 27.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +51 (+1%) · 45 births · 40 deaths · net migration +51

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 Arbedo-Castione

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 Distretto di Bellinzona: 32.4% Yes

32.9% YesNo 67.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 46.1% Yes

46.2% YesNo 53.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 52.1% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 51.6% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 74.4% Yes

75.1% YesNo 24.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 29.3% Yes

30.8% YesNo 69.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 49.1% Yes

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 29.7% Yes

27.7% YesNo 72.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 44.1% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 51.9% Yes

66.2% YesNo 33.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP25.4% · strongest party

FDP25.4%

Mitte14.7%

SP13.8%

SVP13.2%

Lega11.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier91%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

91%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 73 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'405 CHF(14.4%)

Rank 73 of 100 in the canton · 911 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'405 CHF(~14.4%)

Arbedo-CastioneCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Arbedo-Castione	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.2%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.4%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.4%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.4%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.3%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.1%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.9%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.7%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.3%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.5%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.7%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.7%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.6%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'583 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'203 m

Mean elevation

1'079 m

Relief

1'972 m

Mean slope

28.4°

Flat share

10.2%

South-facing

15.4%

Above 2000 m

1.5%

Relief 1'972 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

41.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

55.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'100

Per inhabitant

7'895 kWh/yr

41 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

25.2 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.4 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.95 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.2 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Azienda Multiservizi Bellinzona (AMB)

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 1

Standard model, deductible 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Arbedo-Castione →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

1.78 %

Second homes

13 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

2'753

Built before 194611.1%

Built since 200135.0%

1.78 %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

2'760

Workplaces

417

Services share

76.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 22 (0.8%) · Secondary 623 (22.6%) · Tertiary 2'115 (76.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

69 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 21 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 52/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5001

Websitearbedocastione.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Bellinzona

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Arbedo-Castione ranks

Largest municipalities5'211 #12 TI · #412 CH Growing municipalities1% #20 TI · #804 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #81 TI · #1309 CH Jobs per resident0.53 #41 TI · #477 CH Families & children19.1% #19 TI · #1430 CH Age structure20.7% #83 TI · #1105 CH Women share50% #69 TI · #958 CH Foreign residents27.2% #35 TI · #439 CH Population density244/km² #53 TI · #908 CH Tax burden14'405 #73 TI · #911 CH Taxes91% #73 TI Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #50 TI · #358 CH Sunniest municipalities54% #73 TI · #123 CH Rainiest municipalities1'583 mm #87 TI · #186 CH Voter turnout51.5% #82 TI · #1648 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #44 TI · #368 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #26 TI · #1104 CH SVP strongholds13.2% #75 TI · #2044 CH SP strongholds13.8% #23 TI · #1071 CH Centre strongholds14.7% #69 TI · #854 CH FDP strongholds25.4% #16 TI · #214 CH GLP strongholds0.7% #78 TI · #1965 CH Green strongholds8.8% #47 TI · #743 CH Largest by area21.4 km² #31 TI · #452 CH Highest municipalities278 m #84 TI · #2073 CH Second homes13% #92 TI · #772 CH Organic farming0% #46 TI · #1898 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #48 TI · #346 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #52 TI · #1769 CH Highest peaks2'203 m #27 TI · #304 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'079 m #27 TI · #368 CH Greatest vertical range1'972 m #19 TI · #209 CH Steepest municipalities28.4° #26 TI · #147 CH Solar potential41 GWh #22 TI · #444 CH Solar potential per capita7'895 kWh #79 TI · #1483 CH Cheapest electricity25.2 Rp./kWh #3 TI · #480 CH Most expensive electricity25.2 Rp./kWh #94 TI · #1623 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Arbedo6517 Castione6532

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Comunanza Cadenazzo/Monteceneri

TI · 7.4 km

Buseno

GR · 7.6 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Arbedo-Castione?: Arbedo-Castione has 2 postal codes: 6517, 6532.
What is the tax rate in Arbedo-Castione?: The municipal tax multiplier of Arbedo-Castione is 91% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Arbedo-Castione?: A single person without children pays about 14'405 CHF income tax in Arbedo-Castione on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 73 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Arbedo-Castione have?: Arbedo-Castione has 5'211 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Arbedo-Castione?: Arbedo-Castione has 1'417 foreign residents, a share of 27.19% (2025).

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