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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
348 49.9%
Men
350 50.1%
Children & youth (0–19)
163 23.4%
Swiss citizens
594 85.1%
Foreign residents
104 14.9%
Population density
92 pop./km²
0–19 · 163 · 23.4%20–64 · 410 · 58.7%65+ · 125 · 17.9%
Foreign residents 14.9%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +4 (+0.6%) · 7 births · 2 deaths · net migration −1
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
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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 23.6% Yes
24.4% YesNo 75.6%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 31.3% Yes
28.7% YesNo 71.3%
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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 51.4% Yes
42.8% YesNo 57.3%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.7% Yes
41.6% YesNo 58.4%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 41.7% Yes
38.4% YesNo 61.6%
14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 42.7% Yes
42.5% YesNo 57.5%
14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 47.0% Yes
42.1% YesNo 57.9%
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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 45.8% Yes
45.8% YesNo 54.2%
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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.9% Yes
45.1% YesNo 55.0%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 64.5% Yes
56.9% YesNo 43.1%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SVP26.8% · strongest party
SVP26.8%
SP24.0%
FDP17.5%
GRÜNE14.1%
GLP8.4%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier71%
Cantonal tax multiplier155%
71%VD range 46%83%
Tax rank 164 of 300 in canton Vaud
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'222 CHF(16.2%)
Rank 161 of 300 in the canton · 1398 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
0%9%18%26%35%40k50k100k150k200k250k300k
100'000 CHF:16'222 CHF(~16.2%)
Arnex-sur-OrbeCanton range VaudSwitzerland median
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Gross incomeArnex-sur-OrbeVaudSwitzerland median
40'0004.1%3.7–4.3%5.4%
50'0007.7%6.9–8.1%7.8%
60'00011.2%10–11.8%10.5%
70'00013.4%11.9–14.1%11.9%
80'00014.3%12.8–15.1%13.1%
90'00015.1%13.5–15.9%14.1%
100'00016.2%14.6–17%15.3%
110'00017.2%15.4–18%16.3%
120'00018.1%16.3–19%17.2%
130'00019%17.1–19.9%18.1%
140'00019.8%17.9–20.8%19%
150'00020.6%18.6–21.6%19.7%
175'00022.6%20.5–23.6%21.6%
200'00024.3%22.1–25.4%23.2%
225'00025.8%23.5–26.9%24.6%
250'00027.2%24.8–28.4%25.8%
275'00028.5%26–29.6%26.8%
300'00029.5%27–30.7%27.4%
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020
Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.3 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020962 mm
10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
614 m
Mean elevation
531 m
Relief
177 m
Mean slope
4.8°
Flat share
67.4%
South-facing
7.3%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 177 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
Roof potential
7.8 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
10.4 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
1'700
Per inhabitant
11'189 kWh/yr
8 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
28.59 Rp./kWh
Energy
13.01 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
10.18 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
3.62 Rp./kWh
28.59 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
Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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
0.62 %
Second homes
8.2 %
Avg. rooms
3.9
Dwellings
322
Built before 194671.1%
Built since 20015.0%
0.62 %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
191
Workplaces
60
Services share
33 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 64 (33.5%) · Secondary 64 (33.5%) · Tertiary 63 (33.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
22
Organic share
13.6 %
Farmland
669 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 45 min · Car 34 min
AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 27 min
Remoteness 214/300 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number5743
Head of governmentMax Debieux
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities698 #172 VD · #1653 CHGrowing municipalities0.6% #153 VD · #1052 CHShrinking municipalities0.6% #149 VD · #1065 CHJobs per resident0.27 #158 VD · #1449 CHFamilies & children23.4% #110 VD · #253 CHAge structure17.9% #153 VD · #1668 CHWomen share49.9% #178 VD · #1040 CHForeign residents14.9% #224 VD · #1291 CHPopulation density92/km² #196 VD · #1521 CHTax burden16'222 #161 VD · #1398 CHTaxes71% #164 VDWarmest municipalities10.3 °C #102 VD · #290 CHSunniest municipalities43.8% #244 VD · #881 CHRainiest municipalities962 mm #242 VD · #1783 CHVoter turnout61.9% #145 VD · #434 CHSVP strongholds26.8% #117 VD · #1467 CHSP strongholds24% #91 VD · #216 CHCentre strongholds4.3% #182 VD · #1877 CHFDP strongholds17.5% #244 VD · #620 CHGLP strongholds8.4% #108 VD · #522 CHGreen strongholds14.1% #58 VD · #182 CHLargest by area7.6 km² #117 VD · #1190 CHHighest municipalities543 m #167 VD · #1030 CHSecond homes8.2% #218 VD · #1582 CHOrganic farming13.6% #119 VD · #981 CHBest-connected municipalities45 min #88 VD · #354 CHRemotest municipalities45 min #214 VD · #1777 CHHighest peaks614 m #193 VD · #1483 CHHighest-lying municipalities531 m #187 VD · #1302 CHGreatest vertical range177 m #147 VD · #1457 CHSteepest municipalities4.8° #180 VD · #1617 CHSolar potential8 GWh #182 VD · #1706 CHSolar potential per capita11'189 kWh #143 VD · #881 CHCheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #195 VD · #1493 CHMost expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #144 VD · #652 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 1
What is the postal code of Arnex-sur-Orbe?
The postal code of Arnex-sur-Orbe is 1321.
What is the tax rate in Arnex-sur-Orbe?
The municipal tax multiplier of Arnex-sur-Orbe is 71% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Arnex-sur-Orbe?
A single person without children pays about 16'222 CHF income tax in Arnex-sur-Orbe on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 161 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Arnex-sur-Orbe have?
Arnex-sur-Orbe has 698 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Arnex-sur-Orbe?
Arnex-sur-Orbe has 104 foreign residents, a share of 14.9% (2025).

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