What is the postal code of Baulmes?

Baulmes has 2 postal codes: 1446, 1454.

What is the tax rate in Baulmes?

The municipal tax multiplier of Baulmes is 76.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Baulmes?

A single person without children pays about 16'588 CHF income tax in Baulmes on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 261 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Baulmes have?

Baulmes has 1'190 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Baulmes?

Baulmes has 231 foreign residents, a share of 19.41% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Baulmes

1446–1454

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

595 50.0%

Men

595 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

239 20.1%

Swiss citizens

959 80.6%

Foreign residents

231 19.4%

Population density

53 pop./km²

0–19 · 239 · 20.1%20–64 · 723 · 60.8%65+ · 228 · 19.2%

Foreign residents 19.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +25 (+2.2%) · 9 births · 5 deaths · net migration +23

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 Baulmes

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 23.6% Yes

26.4% YesNo 73.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 31.3% Yes

36.1% YesNo 63.9%

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

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.7% Yes

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 42.7% Yes

48.2% YesNo 51.8%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 47.0% Yes

46.2% YesNo 53.9%

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

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

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

53.3% YesNo 46.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 64.5% Yes

61.8% YesNo 38.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP27.1% · strongest party

SVP27.1%

SP22.6%

GRÜNE17.7%

FDP13.4%

PdA/Sol.7.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

76.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 262 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'588 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 261 of 300 in the canton · 1645 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:16'588 CHF(~16.6%)

BaulmesCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Baulmes	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.9%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.7%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.5%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.3%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21.1%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.8%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30.1%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'600 mm

6.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'554 m

Mean elevation

965 m

Relief

989 m

Mean slope

16.1°

Flat share

24.3%

South-facing

23.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 989 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

11.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

16.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'600

Per inhabitant

10'000 kWh/yr

12 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Baulmes →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

2.66 %

Second homes

11.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

601

Built before 194666.2%

Built since 200119.5%

2.66 %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

388

Workplaces

Services share

38.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 38 (9.8%) · Secondary 199 (51.3%) · Tertiary 151 (38.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.1 %

Farmland

482 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 98/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5745

Head of governmentJulien Cuérel

Websitebaulmes.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Baulmes ranks

Largest municipalities1'190 #121 VD · #1330 CH Growing municipalities2.2% #54 VD · #310 CH Shrinking municipalities2.2% #248 VD · #1801 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #121 VD · #1154 CH Families & children20.1% #245 VD · #1119 CH Age structure19.2% #101 VD · #1405 CH Women share50% #167 VD · #968 CH Foreign residents19.4% #159 VD · #919 CH Population density53/km² #255 VD · #1763 CH Tax burden16'588 #261 VD · #1645 CH Taxes76.5% #262 VD Warmest municipalities6.4 °C #285 VD · #1910 CH Sunniest municipalities44% #232 VD · #847 CH Rainiest municipalities1'600 mm #13 VD · #176 CH Voter turnout57.8% #212 VD · #850 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #15 VD · #437 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #132 VD · #1058 CH SVP strongholds27.1% #112 VD · #1453 CH SP strongholds22.6% #116 VD · #293 CH Centre strongholds4.2% #189 VD · #1889 CH FDP strongholds13.4% #283 VD · #998 CH GLP strongholds4.6% #234 VD · #1292 CH Green strongholds17.7% #15 VD · #47 CH Largest by area22.5 km² #33 VD · #422 CH Highest municipalities1'030 m #20 VD · #249 CH Second homes11.6% #121 VD · #955 CH Organic farming7.1% #173 VD · #1421 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #201 VD · #952 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #98 VD · #1182 CH Highest peaks1'554 m #29 VD · #446 CH Highest-lying municipalities965 m #41 VD · #446 CH Greatest vertical range989 m #27 VD · #450 CH Steepest municipalities16.1° #18 VD · #538 CH Solar potential12 GWh #133 VD · #1423 CH Solar potential per capita10'000 kWh #173 VD · #1063 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #196 VD · #1494 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #145 VD · #653 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Baulmes1446 L'Auberson1454

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Baulmes?: Baulmes has 2 postal codes: 1446, 1454.
What is the tax rate in Baulmes?: The municipal tax multiplier of Baulmes is 76.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Baulmes?: A single person without children pays about 16'588 CHF income tax in Baulmes on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 261 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Baulmes have?: Baulmes has 1'190 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Baulmes?: Baulmes has 231 foreign residents, a share of 19.41% (2025).

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