What is the postal code of Breggia?

Breggia has 4 postal codes: 6835, 6837, 6838, 6839.

What is the tax rate in Breggia?

The municipal tax multiplier of Breggia is 95% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Breggia?

A single person without children pays about 14'671 CHF income tax in Breggia on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 83 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Breggia have?

Breggia has 1'842 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Breggia?

Breggia has 222 foreign residents, a share of 12.05% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Mendrisio

Breggia

6835–6839

TI CANTON6835 6837 6838 6839

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

940 51.0%

Men

902 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

288 15.6%

Swiss citizens

1'620 88.0%

Foreign residents

222 12.1%

Population density

72 pop./km²

0–19 · 288 · 15.6%20–64 · 1'051 · 57.1%65+ · 503 · 27.3%

Foreign residents 12.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −47 (−2.5%) · 6 births · 24 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 Breggia

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 Mendrisio: 30.8% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 49.8% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 53.1% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 50.4% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 73.6% Yes

72.3% YesNo 27.7%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 31.5% Yes

32.9% YesNo 67.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 44.0% Yes

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

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 Mendrisio: 31.2% Yes

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 46.9% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Mendrisio: 53.4% Yes

51.9% YesNo 48.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP21.5% · strongest party

FDP21.5%

Mitte20.7%

SVP12.6%

SP11.4%

Übrige11.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

95%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 87 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'671 CHF(14.7%)

Rank 83 of 100 in the canton · 961 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:14'671 CHF(~14.7%)

BreggiaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Breggia	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7.1%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.2%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.8%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12.3%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.4%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.7%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.7%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.7%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.6%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.4%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	19.2%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	21.1%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.6%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.9%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	26.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	27%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'674 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'470 m

Mean elevation

827 m

Relief

1'185 m

Mean slope

29.8°

Flat share

0.7%

South-facing

25.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'185 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

24.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

33.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'500

Per inhabitant

13'355 kWh/yr

25 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

25.91 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.35 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.63 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.91 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Aziende Industriali di Lugano (AIL) 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 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

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

1.14 %

Second homes

41.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'491

Built before 194649.5%

Built since 20018.0%

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

1.14 %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

281

Workplaces

122

Services share

67.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 62 (22.1%) · Secondary 29 (10.3%) · Tertiary 190 (67.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25.9 %

Farmland

315 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 41 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 30/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5269

Websitecomunebreggia.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Mendrisio

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Breggia ranks

Largest municipalities1'842 #49 TI · #1020 CH Growing municipalities-2.5% #91 TI · #2025 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.5% #10 TI · #85 CH Jobs per resident0.15 #94 TI · #1991 CH Families & children15.6% #68 TI · #1943 CH Age structure27.3% #34 TI · #215 CH Women share51% #45 TI · #405 CH Foreign residents12.1% #82 TI · #1540 CH Population density72/km² #73 TI · #1637 CH Tax burden14'671 #87 TI · #965 CH Taxes95% #87 TI Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #53 TI · #442 CH Sunniest municipalities54.9% #61 TI · #88 CH Rainiest municipalities1'674 mm #65 TI · #126 CH Voter turnout59.4% #29 TI · #660 CH Against Switzerland26.5% #22 TI · #181 CH Aligned with Switzerland73.5% #55 TI · #1297 CH SVP strongholds12.6% #81 TI · #2058 CH SP strongholds11.4% #58 TI · #1371 CH Centre strongholds20.7% #34 TI · #502 CH FDP strongholds21.5% #36 TI · #367 CH GLP strongholds1.2% #62 TI · #1911 CH Green strongholds11.2% #17 TI · #429 CH Largest by area25.5 km² #26 TI · #358 CH Highest municipalities452 m #37 TI · #1522 CH Second homes41.5% #33 TI · #201 CH Organic farming25.9% #19 TI · #418 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #71 TI · #859 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #30 TI · #1269 CH Highest peaks1'470 m #46 TI · #471 CH Highest-lying municipalities827 m #37 TI · #588 CH Greatest vertical range1'185 m #48 TI · #411 CH Steepest municipalities29.8° #21 TI · #95 CH Solar potential25 GWh #45 TI · #852 CH Solar potential per capita13'355 kWh #37 TI · #585 CH Cheapest electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #53 TI · #866 CH Most expensive electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #91 TI · #1284 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 6

Bruzella6837 Cabbio6838 Caneggio6837 Morbio Superiore6835 Muggio6838 Sagno6839

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Breggia?: Breggia has 4 postal codes: 6835, 6837, 6838, 6839.
What is the tax rate in Breggia?: The municipal tax multiplier of Breggia is 95% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Breggia?: A single person without children pays about 14'671 CHF income tax in Breggia on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 83 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Breggia have?: Breggia has 1'842 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Breggia?: Breggia has 222 foreign residents, a share of 12.05% (2025).

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