What is the postal code of Chavannes-le-Chêne?

The postal code of Chavannes-le-Chêne is 1464.

What is the tax rate in Chavannes-le-Chêne?

The municipal tax multiplier of Chavannes-le-Chêne is 75% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Chavannes-le-Chêne?

A single person without children pays about 16'498 CHF income tax in Chavannes-le-Chêne on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 238 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Chavannes-le-Chêne have?

Chavannes-le-Chêne has 327 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Chavannes-le-Chêne?

Chavannes-le-Chêne has 38 foreign residents, a share of 11.62% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Chavannes-le-Chêne

1464

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

173 52.9%

Men

154 47.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

68 20.8%

Swiss citizens

289 88.4%

Foreign residents

38 11.6%

Population density

82 pop./km²

0–19 · 68 · 20.8%20–64 · 198 · 60.6%65+ · 61 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 11.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+1.6%) · 4 births · 1 deaths · net migration +2

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 Chavannes-le-Chêne

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

10.2% YesNo 89.8%

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

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

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

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

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

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

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

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

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

28.9% YesNo 71.2%

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

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

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

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

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

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

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

65.0% YesNo 35.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.9% · strongest party

SVP43.9%

FDP20.7%

SP14.9%

GRÜNE7.5%

Mitte6.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier75%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

75%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 226 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'498 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 238 of 300 in the canton · 1578 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:16'498 CHF(~16.5%)

Chavannes-le-ChêneCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Chavannes-le-Chêne	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.4%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.6%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.9%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.2%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'080 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

718 m

Mean elevation

671 m

Relief

178 m

Mean slope

5.1°

Flat share

65.4%

South-facing

9.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 178 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

4.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

14'740 kWh/yr

5 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

27.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

27.89 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 Chavannes-le-Chêne →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

9.9 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

170

Built before 194661.2%

Built since 200121.2%

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

48.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 13 (24.1%) · Secondary 15 (27.8%) · Tertiary 26 (48.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

179 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 89 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 18/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5907

Head of governmentFrançois Marmier

Websitechavannes-le-chene.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Chavannes-le-Chêne ranks

Largest municipalities327 #251 VD · #1945 CH Growing municipalities1.6% #75 VD · #511 CH Shrinking municipalities1.6% #227 VD · #1603 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #250 VD · #1925 CH Families & children20.8% #231 VD · #892 CH Age structure18.7% #123 VD · #1516 CH Women share52.9% #12 VD · #45 CH Foreign residents11.6% #264 VD · #1576 CH Population density82/km² #209 VD · #1580 CH Tax burden16'498 #238 VD · #1578 CH Taxes75% #226 VD Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #225 VD · #1180 CH Sunniest municipalities43.1% #292 VD · #996 CH Rainiest municipalities1'080 mm #136 VD · #1222 CH Voter turnout55.5% #251 VD · #1151 CH SVP strongholds43.9% #11 VD · #459 CH SP strongholds14.9% #256 VD · #957 CH Centre strongholds6.1% #73 VD · #1676 CH FDP strongholds20.7% #195 VD · #411 CH GLP strongholds4% #254 VD · #1418 CH Green strongholds7.5% #248 VD · #991 CH Largest by area4 km² #201 VD · #1718 CH Highest municipalities668 m #88 VD · #658 CH Second homes9.9% #163 VD · #1215 CH Organic farming12.5% #133 VD · #1061 CH Best-connected municipalities89 min #283 VD · #1551 CH Remotest municipalities89 min #18 VD · #570 CH Highest peaks718 m #137 VD · #1164 CH Highest-lying municipalities671 m #99 VD · #826 CH Greatest vertical range178 m #146 VD · #1455 CH Steepest municipalities5.1° #167 VD · #1556 CH Solar potential5 GWh #244 VD · #1930 CH Solar potential per capita14'740 kWh #76 VD · #437 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #96 VD · #1309 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #267 VD · #860 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1464

Chavannes-le-Chêne

Localities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Chavannes-le-Chêne?: The postal code of Chavannes-le-Chêne is 1464.
What is the tax rate in Chavannes-le-Chêne?: The municipal tax multiplier of Chavannes-le-Chêne is 75% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Chavannes-le-Chêne?: A single person without children pays about 16'498 CHF income tax in Chavannes-le-Chêne on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 238 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Chavannes-le-Chêne have?: Chavannes-le-Chêne has 327 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Chavannes-le-Chêne?: Chavannes-le-Chêne has 38 foreign residents, a share of 11.62% (2025).

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