What is the postal code of Bassins?

The postal code of Bassins is 1269.

What is the tax rate in Bassins?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bassins is 72.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Bassins?

A single person without children pays about 16'321 CHF income tax in Bassins on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 187 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bassins have?

Bassins has 1'462 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bassins?

Bassins has 361 foreign residents, a share of 24.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Nyon

Bassins

1269

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

734 50.2%

Men

728 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

346 23.7%

Swiss citizens

1'101 75.3%

Foreign residents

361 24.7%

Population density

70 pop./km²

0–19 · 346 · 23.7%20–64 · 922 · 63.1%65+ · 194 · 13.3%

Foreign residents 24.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −21 (−1.4%) · 15 births · 5 deaths · net migration −33

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 Bassins

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 de Nyon: 23.1% Yes

24.8% YesNo 75.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 27.6% Yes

25.6% YesNo 74.4%

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 de Nyon: 61.6% Yes

61.3% YesNo 38.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 50.7% Yes

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 34.4% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 37.7% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 51.5% Yes

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

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 de Nyon: 39.9% Yes

39.2% YesNo 60.9%

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 de Nyon: 42.9% Yes

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 67.8% Yes

64.7% YesNo 35.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP25.9% · strongest party

SVP25.9%

SP20.9%

FDP17.6%

GRÜNE13.4%

GLP11.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier72.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

72.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 189 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'321 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 187 of 300 in the canton · 1460 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:16'321 CHF(~16.3%)

BassinsCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bassins	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.3%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.4%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.2%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.1%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.7%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.7%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'264 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'431 m

Mean elevation

1'112 m

Relief

907 m

Mean slope

10.3°

Flat share

24.3%

South-facing

29.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 907 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

13.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'900

Per inhabitant

8'988 kWh/yr

13 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

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

1.35 %

Second homes

12.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

668

Built before 194626.9%

Built since 200132.9%

1.35 %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

253

Workplaces

Services share

60.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 57 (22.5%) · Secondary 42 (16.6%) · Tertiary 154 (60.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

322 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 74 min · Car 46 min

AgglomerationPT 74 min · Car 46 min

Remoteness 60/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5703

Head of governmentDidier Lohri

Websitebassins.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Nyon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bassins ranks

Largest municipalities1'462 #100 VD · #1190 CH Growing municipalities-1.4% #259 VD · #1905 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.4% #41 VD · #204 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #246 VD · #1921 CH Families & children23.7% #97 VD · #204 CH Age structure13.3% #279 VD · #2071 CH Women share50.2% #145 VD · #822 CH Foreign residents24.7% #108 VD · #570 CH Population density70/km² #228 VD · #1648 CH Tax burden16'321 #187 VD · #1460 CH Taxes72.5% #189 VD Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #246 VD · #1439 CH Sunniest municipalities46.7% #82 VD · #493 CH Rainiest municipalities1'264 mm #64 VD · #553 CH Voter turnout63.7% #106 VD · #278 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #13 VD · #435 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #130 VD · #1056 CH SVP strongholds25.9% #131 VD · #1522 CH SP strongholds20.9% #148 VD · #402 CH Centre strongholds5.1% #123 VD · #1785 CH FDP strongholds17.6% #241 VD · #607 CH GLP strongholds11.5% #32 VD · #179 CH Green strongholds13.4% #80 VD · #224 CH Largest by area20.8 km² #38 VD · #465 CH Highest municipalities753 m #52 VD · #496 CH Second homes12.4% #100 VD · #848 CH Organic farming0% #251 VD · #2000 CH Best-connected municipalities74 min #242 VD · #1217 CH Remotest municipalities74 min #60 VD · #912 CH Highest peaks1'431 m #45 VD · #487 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'112 m #22 VD · #342 CH Greatest vertical range907 m #33 VD · #468 CH Steepest municipalities10.3° #55 VD · #900 CH Solar potential13 GWh #121 VD · #1341 CH Solar potential per capita8'988 kWh #199 VD · #1260 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #180 VD · #1478 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #129 VD · #637 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1269

Bassins

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Bassins1269

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bassins?: The postal code of Bassins is 1269.
What is the tax rate in Bassins?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bassins is 72.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Bassins?: A single person without children pays about 16'321 CHF income tax in Bassins on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 187 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bassins have?: Bassins has 1'462 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bassins?: Bassins has 361 foreign residents, a share of 24.69% (2025).

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