What is the postal code of Champéry?

The postal code of Champéry is 1874.

What is the tax rate in Champéry?

The municipal tax multiplier of Champéry is 135% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Champéry?

A single person without children pays about 16'787 CHF income tax in Champéry on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 114 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Champéry have?

Champéry has 1'415 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Champéry?

Champéry has 352 foreign residents, a share of 24.88% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · District de Monthey

Champéry

1874

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

671 47.4%

Men

744 52.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

205 14.5%

Swiss citizens

1'063 75.1%

Foreign residents

352 24.9%

Population density

36 pop./km²

0–19 · 205 · 14.5%20–64 · 747 · 52.8%65+ · 463 · 32.7%

Foreign residents 24.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +11 (+0.8%) · 5 births · 9 deaths · net migration +16

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 Champéry

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 de Monthey: 27.2% Yes

23.2% YesNo 76.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 35.1% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 58.8% Yes

66.7% YesNo 33.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 50.0% Yes

45.2% YesNo 54.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 52.4% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

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 District de Monthey: 21.9% Yes

17.6% YesNo 82.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 45.9% Yes

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 55.0% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.6%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 61.2% Yes

69.6% YesNo 30.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 65.4% Yes

57.2% YesNo 42.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte28.1% · strongest party

Mitte28.1%

FDP26.7%

SVP23.1%

SP9.1%

GRÜNE7.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier135%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

135%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 113 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'787 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 114 of 122 in the canton · 1749 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'413 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Bister VS 13'690 CHF · most expensive Grächen 17'302 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'787 CHF(~16.8%)

ChampéryCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Champéry	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	5.5%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	9.8%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	13%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	15.5%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	18%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	21.5%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	22.5%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	25.1%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	27%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	28.3%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	29.3%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	30.1%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	30.9%	27.4–31.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'657 mm

6.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'757 m

Mean elevation

1'649 m

Relief

1'886 m

Mean slope

29.8°

Flat share

2.8%

South-facing

21.5%

Above 2000 m

16.5%

Relief 1'886 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

23.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'200

Per inhabitant

16'544 kWh/yr

23 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

28.26 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

28.26 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300583 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Champéry →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Valais. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Valais (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

0.32 %

Second homes

63.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

2'172

Built before 194625.2%

Built since 200114.2%

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

0.32 %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

897

Workplaces

206

Services share

88.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 29 (3.2%) · Secondary 72 (8.0%) · Tertiary 796 (88.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

286 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 112 min · Car 66 min

AgglomerationPT 41 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 60/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6151

Websiteadmin-champery.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Monthey

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Champéry ranks

Largest municipalities1'415 #56 VS · #1216 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #61 VS · #924 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #62 VS · #1194 CH Jobs per resident0.63 #17 VS · #303 CH Families & children14.5% #100 VS · #2006 CH Age structure32.7% #13 VS · #52 CH Women share47.4% #111 VS · #1968 CH Foreign residents24.9% #31 VS · #561 CH Population density36/km² #75 VS · #1870 CH Tax burden16'787 #114 VS · #1749 CH Taxes135% #113 VS Warmest municipalities6.3 °C #76 VS · #1924 CH Sunniest municipalities50.3% #110 VS · #230 CH Rainiest municipalities1'657 mm #3 VS · #129 CH Voter turnout62.5% #9 VS · #379 CH Against Switzerland16% #64 VS · #821 CH Aligned with Switzerland84% #8 VS · #638 CH SVP strongholds23.1% #80 VS · #1659 CH SP strongholds9.1% #66 VS · #1608 CH Centre strongholds28.1% #94 VS · #276 CH FDP strongholds26.7% #9 VS · #169 CH GLP strongholds5.3% #1 VS · #1140 CH Green strongholds7.1% #51 VS · #1084 CH Largest by area38.9 km² #39 VS · #234 CH Highest municipalities1'055 m #65 VS · #226 CH Second homes63.1% #34 VS · #88 CH Organic farming0% #110 VS · #2052 CH Best-connected municipalities112 min #64 VS · #1870 CH Remotest municipalities112 min #60 VS · #247 CH Highest peaks2'757 m #87 VS · #201 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'649 m #72 VS · #168 CH Greatest vertical range1'886 m #98 VS · #234 CH Steepest municipalities29.8° #37 VS · #97 CH Solar potential23 GWh #49 VS · #897 CH Solar potential per capita16'544 kWh #43 VS · #328 CH Cheapest electricity28.26 Rp./kWh #111 VS · #1378 CH Most expensive electricity28.26 Rp./kWh #6 VS · #723 CH

Postal codes (1)

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1874

Champéry

Localities

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Champéry1874

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Champéry?: The postal code of Champéry is 1874.
What is the tax rate in Champéry?: The municipal tax multiplier of Champéry is 135% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Champéry?: A single person without children pays about 16'787 CHF income tax in Champéry on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 114 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Champéry have?: Champéry has 1'415 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Champéry?: Champéry has 352 foreign residents, a share of 24.88% (2025).

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