What is the postal code of Brissago?

The postal code of Brissago is 6614.

What is the tax rate in Brissago?

The municipal tax multiplier of Brissago is 85% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Brissago?

A single person without children pays about 14'007 CHF income tax in Brissago on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Brissago have?

Brissago has 1'577 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Brissago?

Brissago has 371 foreign residents, a share of 23.53% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Locarno

Brissago

6614

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

803 50.9%

Men

774 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

168 10.7%

Swiss citizens

1'206 76.5%

Foreign residents

371 23.5%

Population density

66 pop./km²

0–19 · 168 · 10.7%20–64 · 772 · 49.0%65+ · 637 · 40.4%

Foreign residents 23.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −42 (−2.6%) · 4 births · 26 deaths · net migration −10

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 Brissago

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 Locarno: 32.4% Yes

28.8% YesNo 71.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 45.4% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.4% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 49.3% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 71.2% Yes

73.4% YesNo 26.6%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 31.4% Yes

30.9% YesNo 69.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.8% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

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 Locarno: 29.1% Yes

22.9% YesNo 77.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.0% Yes

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.7% Yes

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP21.1% · strongest party

SVP21.1%

FDP21.1%

Mitte16.2%

SP13.7%

Lega9.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier85%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

85%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 56 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'007 CHF(14%)

Rank 47 of 100 in the canton · 833 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:14'007 CHF(~14%)

BrissagoCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Brissago	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.6%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	6.8%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.7%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.3%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	11.7%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	12.8%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	15.9%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	16.8%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	17.6%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.4%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.2%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	21.7%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.1%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202012.8 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)9.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'956 mm

12.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'180 m

Mean elevation

843 m

Relief

1'987 m

Mean slope

25.6°

Flat share

24.5%

South-facing

20.3%

Above 2000 m

0.8%

Relief 1'987 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

29 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

41.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'500

Per inhabitant

18'415 kWh/yr

29 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Brissago →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

0.38 %

Second homes

72.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

3'181

Built before 194625.0%

Built since 20019.7%

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

0.38 %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

1'307

Workplaces

188

Services share

84 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 20 (1.5%) · Secondary 189 (14.5%) · Tertiary 1'098 (84.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

32 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 82 min · Car 55 min

AgglomerationPT 33 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 18/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5097

Websitebrissago.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Locarno

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Brissago ranks

Largest municipalities1'577 #59 TI · #1136 CH Growing municipalities-2.6% #93 TI · #2033 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.6% #8 TI · #76 CH Jobs per resident0.83 #17 TI · #149 CH Families & children10.7% #90 TI · #2082 CH Age structure40.4% #6 TI · #8 CH Women share50.9% #49 TI · #464 CH Foreign residents23.5% #48 TI · #620 CH Population density66/km² #75 TI · #1674 CH Tax burden14'007 #47 TI · #833 CH Taxes85% #56 TI Warmest municipalities12.8 °C #5 TI · #5 CH Sunniest municipalities56.9% #2 TI · #9 CH Rainiest municipalities1'956 mm #8 TI · #30 CH Voter turnout56.3% #50 TI · #1049 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #24 TI · #220 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #46 TI · #1257 CH SVP strongholds21.1% #9 TI · #1736 CH SP strongholds13.7% #25 TI · #1086 CH Centre strongholds16.2% #56 TI · #748 CH FDP strongholds21.1% #38 TI · #382 CH GLP strongholds1.4% #45 TI · #1876 CH Green strongholds8.7% #49 TI · #771 CH Largest by area23.8 km² #28 TI · #404 CH Highest municipalities197 m #97 TI · #2090 CH Second homes72.2% #11 TI · #34 CH Organic farming0% #55 TI · #1907 CH Best-connected municipalities82 min #83 TI · #1398 CH Remotest municipalities82 min #18 TI · #729 CH Highest peaks2'180 m #28 TI · #312 CH Highest-lying municipalities843 m #36 TI · #569 CH Greatest vertical range1'987 m #18 TI · #203 CH Steepest municipalities25.6° #40 TI · #243 CH Solar potential29 GWh #35 TI · #702 CH Solar potential per capita18'415 kWh #22 TI · #239 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #70 TI · #1559 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #15 TI · #532 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6614

Brissago

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Brissago6614 Isole di Brissago6614

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Brissago?: The postal code of Brissago is 6614.
What is the tax rate in Brissago?: The municipal tax multiplier of Brissago is 85% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Brissago?: A single person without children pays about 14'007 CHF income tax in Brissago on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Brissago have?: Brissago has 1'577 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Brissago?: Brissago has 371 foreign residents, a share of 23.53% (2025).

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