What is the postal code of Bottens?

The postal code of Bottens is 1041.

What is the tax rate in Bottens?

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

How much tax do you pay in Bottens?

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

How many residents does Bottens have?

Bottens has 1'388 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bottens?

Bottens has 265 foreign residents, a share of 19.09% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Gros-de-Vaud

Bottens

1041

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

695 50.1%

Men

693 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

342 24.6%

Swiss citizens

1'123 80.9%

Foreign residents

265 19.1%

Population density

202 pop./km²

0–19 · 342 · 24.6%20–64 · 835 · 60.2%65+ · 211 · 15.2%

Foreign residents 19.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +34 (+2.5%) · 7 births · 4 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 Bottens

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 19.4% Yes

15.7% YesNo 84.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 28.8% Yes

30.7% YesNo 69.3%

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 58.2% Yes

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 52.8% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 43.9% Yes

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 37.7% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.7%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 51.0% Yes

54.1% YesNo 46.0%

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 40.8% Yes

39.0% YesNo 61.1%

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 43.4% Yes

42.6% YesNo 57.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 65.1% Yes

66.7% YesNo 33.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.2% · strongest party

SVP29.2%

FDP22.7%

SP17.5%

GRÜNE12.2%

Mitte7.8%

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 190 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%)

BottensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bottens	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'133 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

847 m

Mean elevation

737 m

Relief

220 m

Mean slope

5.1°

Flat share

67.3%

South-facing

1.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 220 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

13.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'000

Per inhabitant

9'568 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Bottens →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

4.34 %

Second homes

8.4 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

599

Built before 194624.0%

Built since 200127.0%

4.34 %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

251

Workplaces

Services share

58.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 36 (14.3%) · Secondary 68 (27.1%) · Tertiary 147 (58.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

446 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 48 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 189/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5514

Head of governmentXavier Panchaud

Websitebottens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Gros-de-Vaud

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bottens ranks

Largest municipalities1'388 #106 VD · #1233 CH Growing municipalities2.5% #40 VD · #233 CH Shrinking municipalities2.5% #261 VD · #1878 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #225 VD · #1872 CH Families & children24.6% #55 VD · #109 CH Age structure15.2% #240 VD · #1979 CH Women share50.1% #151 VD · #888 CH Foreign residents19.1% #164 VD · #940 CH Population density202/km² #119 VD · #1023 CH Tax burden16'321 #188 VD · #1461 CH Taxes72.5% #190 VD Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #226 VD · #1264 CH Sunniest municipalities44.7% #174 VD · #718 CH Rainiest municipalities1'133 mm #104 VD · #913 CH Voter turnout58.7% #197 VD · #738 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #91 VD · #868 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #35 VD · #610 CH SVP strongholds29.2% #93 VD · #1319 CH SP strongholds17.5% #211 VD · #688 CH Centre strongholds7.8% #27 VD · #1471 CH FDP strongholds22.7% #155 VD · #320 CH GLP strongholds6.4% #173 VD · #889 CH Green strongholds12.2% #119 VD · #323 CH Largest by area6.9 km² #127 VD · #1288 CH Highest municipalities730 m #66 VD · #542 CH Second homes8.4% #214 VD · #1524 CH Organic farming0% #209 VD · #1958 CH Best-connected municipalities48 min #106 VD · #410 CH Remotest municipalities48 min #189 VD · #1703 CH Highest peaks847 m #91 VD · #916 CH Highest-lying municipalities737 m #70 VD · #694 CH Greatest vertical range220 m #117 VD · #1273 CH Steepest municipalities5.1° #166 VD · #1555 CH Solar potential13 GWh #118 VD · #1334 CH Solar potential per capita9'568 kWh #180 VD · #1148 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #141 VD · #1439 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #90 VD · #598 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1041

Bottens

Localities

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Bottens1041

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bottens?: The postal code of Bottens is 1041.
What is the tax rate in Bottens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bottens is 72.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Bottens?: A single person without children pays about 16'321 CHF income tax in Bottens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 187 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bottens have?: Bottens has 1'388 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bottens?: Bottens has 265 foreign residents, a share of 19.09% (2025).

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