What is the postal code of Blenio?

Blenio has 4 postal codes: 6717, 6718, 6719, 6720.

What is the tax rate in Blenio?

The municipal tax multiplier of Blenio is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Blenio?

A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Blenio on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Blenio have?

Blenio has 1'752 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Blenio?

Blenio has 118 foreign residents, a share of 6.74% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Blenio

Blenio

6717–6720

TI CANTON6717 6718 6719 6720

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

859 49.0%

Men

893 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

268 15.3%

Swiss citizens

1'634 93.3%

Foreign residents

118 6.7%

Population density

9 pop./km²

0–19 · 268 · 15.3%20–64 · 915 · 52.2%65+ · 569 · 32.5%

Foreign residents 6.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+0.3%) · 11 births · 13 deaths · net migration +5

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 Blenio

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 Blenio: 25.2% Yes

21.2% YesNo 78.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 56.9% Yes

60.8% YesNo 39.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 58.1% Yes

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 61.6% Yes

62.9% YesNo 37.1%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 77.7% Yes

79.7% YesNo 20.3%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 25.4% Yes

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 38.4% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

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 Blenio: 23.6% Yes

18.4% YesNo 81.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 49.3% Yes

53.0% YesNo 47.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Blenio: 58.2% Yes

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP22.2% · strongest party

SVP22.2%

FDP19.8%

Lega15.3%

SP12.6%

Übrige12.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier90%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

90%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 64 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'339 CHF(14.3%)

Rank 62 of 100 in the canton · 886 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:14'339 CHF(~14.3%)

BlenioCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Blenio	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	13.1%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.3%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.3%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.3%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.2%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.8%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.7%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.2%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.5%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.6%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.6%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.5%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20205.2 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)2.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'592 mm

5.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'382 m

Mean elevation

1'974 m

Relief

2'789 m

Mean slope

29°

Flat share

3.2%

South-facing

27.1%

Above 2000 m

49.9%

Relief 2'789 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

36.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

52 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'200

Per inhabitant

21'027 kWh/yr

37 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 300683 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Blenio →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.12 %

Second homes

66.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

2'517

Built before 194643.7%

Built since 20016.3%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.12 %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

609

Workplaces

174

Services share

53.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 119 (19.5%) · Secondary 166 (27.3%) · Tertiary 324 (53.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

1'003 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 95 min · Car 62 min

AgglomerationPT 70 min · Car 48 min

Remoteness 13/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5049

Websitecomuneblenio.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Blenio

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Blenio ranks

Largest municipalities1'752 #53 TI · #1055 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #40 TI · #1240 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #61 TI · #869 CH Jobs per resident0.35 #64 TI · #1057 CH Families & children15.3% #70 TI · #1959 CH Age structure32.5% #16 TI · #55 CH Women share49% #80 TI · #1533 CH Foreign residents6.7% #98 TI · #1943 CH Population density9/km² #90 TI · #2045 CH Tax burden14'339 #63 TI · #887 CH Taxes90% #64 TI Warmest municipalities5.2 °C #94 TI · #1985 CH Sunniest municipalities49.5% #94 TI · #258 CH Rainiest municipalities1'592 mm #85 TI · #180 CH Voter turnout54.9% #62 TI · #1232 CH Against Switzerland28.4% #10 TI · #108 CH Aligned with Switzerland71.6% #65 TI · #1359 CH SVP strongholds22.2% #8 TI · #1691 CH SP strongholds12.6% #36 TI · #1214 CH Centre strongholds11.5% #89 TI · #1069 CH FDP strongholds19.8% #51 TI · #469 CH GLP strongholds0.6% #85 TI · #1980 CH Green strongholds5.8% #79 TI · #1390 CH Largest by area202 km² #2 TI · #14 CH Highest municipalities902 m #13 TI · #336 CH Second homes66.3% #16 TI · #63 CH Organic farming16.7% #31 TI · #798 CH Best-connected municipalities95 min #88 TI · #1648 CH Remotest municipalities95 min #13 TI · #472 CH Highest peaks3'382 m #1 TI · #57 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'974 m #4 TI · #90 CH Greatest vertical range2'789 m #3 TI · #34 CH Steepest municipalities29° #24 TI · #123 CH Solar potential37 GWh #25 TI · #528 CH Solar potential per capita21'027 kWh #17 TI · #162 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #62 TI · #1551 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #7 TI · #524 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 7

Aquila6719 Camperio6718 Campo (Blenio)6720 Dangio6717 Ghirone6720 Olivone6718 Torre6717

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Blenio?: Blenio has 4 postal codes: 6717, 6718, 6719, 6720.
What is the tax rate in Blenio?: The municipal tax multiplier of Blenio is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Blenio?: A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Blenio on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Blenio have?: Blenio has 1'752 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Blenio?: Blenio has 118 foreign residents, a share of 6.74% (2025).

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