What is the postal code of Bofflens?

The postal code of Bofflens is 1353.

What is the tax rate in Bofflens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bofflens is 69% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Bofflens?

A single person without children pays about 16'089 CHF income tax in Bofflens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bofflens have?

Bofflens has 201 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bofflens?

Bofflens has 5 foreign residents, a share of 2.49% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Bofflens

1353

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

107 53.2%

Men

94 46.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

46 22.9%

Swiss citizens

196 97.5%

Foreign residents

5 2.5%

Population density

48 pop./km²

0–19 · 46 · 22.9%20–64 · 111 · 55.2%65+ · 44 · 21.9%

Foreign residents 2.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +1 (+0.5%) · 2 births · 0 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

Vote results for Bofflens

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

17.0% YesNo 83.0%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

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

66.0% YesNo 34.0%

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

59.2% YesNo 40.8%

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

29.4% YesNo 70.7%

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

55.4% YesNo 44.6%

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

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

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

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

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

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.9% · strongest party

SVP39.9%

SP19.6%

FDP13.9%

GLP11.1%

PdA/Sol.6.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier69%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

69%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 127 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'089 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 120 of 300 in the canton · 1318 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:16'089 CHF(~16.1%)

BofflensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bofflens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.1%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.5%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–2020992 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

659 m

Mean elevation

601 m

Relief

128 m

Mean slope

4.7°

Flat share

66.2%

South-facing

0.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 128 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

4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

900

Per inhabitant

20'050 kWh/yr

4 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 Bofflens →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

0 %

Second homes

14.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

100

Built before 194682.0%

Built since 20016.0%

0 %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

Workplaces

Services share

14.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 37 (67.3%) · Secondary 10 (18.2%) · Tertiary 8 (14.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

353 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 171/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5747

Head of governmentChristophe Le Nedic

Websitebofflens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bofflens ranks

Largest municipalities201 #280 VD · #2027 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #157 VD · #1106 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #145 VD · #1009 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #159 VD · #1450 CH Families & children22.9% #132 VD · #338 CH Age structure21.9% #45 VD · #882 CH Women share53.2% #8 VD · #31 CH Foreign residents2.5% #300 VD · #2089 CH Population density48/km² #263 VD · #1793 CH Tax burden16'089 #121 VD · #1319 CH Taxes69% #127 VD Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #103 VD · #291 CH Sunniest municipalities43.7% #250 VD · #897 CH Rainiest municipalities992 mm #209 VD · #1661 CH Voter turnout72.4% #15 VD · #38 CH SVP strongholds39.9% #17 VD · #666 CH SP strongholds19.6% #175 VD · #498 CH Centre strongholds3.4% #246 VD · #1961 CH FDP strongholds13.9% #280 VD · #941 CH GLP strongholds11.1% #42 VD · #216 CH Green strongholds4.6% #290 VD · #1625 CH Largest by area4.2 km² #192 VD · #1686 CH Highest municipalities572 m #148 VD · #916 CH Second homes14.3% #70 VD · #647 CH Organic farming0% #262 VD · #2011 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #133 VD · #513 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #171 VD · #1622 CH Highest peaks659 m #170 VD · #1334 CH Highest-lying municipalities601 m #142 VD · #1006 CH Greatest vertical range128 m #200 VD · #1701 CH Steepest municipalities4.7° #187 VD · #1639 CH Solar potential4 GWh #260 VD · #1985 CH Solar potential per capita20'050 kWh #27 VD · #181 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #198 VD · #1496 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #147 VD · #655 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1353

Bofflens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Bofflens1353

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bofflens?: The postal code of Bofflens is 1353.
What is the tax rate in Bofflens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bofflens is 69% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Bofflens?: A single person without children pays about 16'089 CHF income tax in Bofflens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bofflens have?: Bofflens has 201 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bofflens?: Bofflens has 5 foreign residents, a share of 2.49% (2025).

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