What is the postal code of Chavannes-près-Renens?

Chavannes-près-Renens has 2 postal codes: 1015, 1022.

What is the tax rate in Chavannes-près-Renens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Chavannes-près-Renens is 77.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Chavannes-près-Renens?

A single person without children pays about 16'654 CHF income tax in Chavannes-près-Renens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 271 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Chavannes-près-Renens have?

Chavannes-près-Renens has 10'720 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Chavannes-près-Renens?

Chavannes-près-Renens has 6'120 foreign residents, a share of 57.09% (2025).

Chavannes-près-Renens (VD): Postal Codes 1015

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'060 47.2%

Men

5'660 52.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'382 22.2%

Swiss citizens

4'600 42.9%

Foreign residents

6'120 57.1%

Population density

6'497 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'382 · 22.2%20–64 · 7'385 · 68.9%65+ · 953 · 8.9%

Foreign residents 57.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +946 (+9.7%) · 113 births · 39 deaths · net migration +905

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-près-Renens

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 l'Ouest lausannois: 28.6% Yes

33.8% YesNo 66.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de l'Ouest lausannois: 27.2% Yes

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

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 de l'Ouest lausannois: 49.4% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de l'Ouest lausannois: 40.4% Yes

34.8% YesNo 65.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de l'Ouest lausannois: 33.9% Yes

33.0% YesNo 67.1%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de l'Ouest lausannois: 49.2% Yes

58.7% YesNo 41.3%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de l'Ouest lausannois: 41.8% Yes

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

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 de l'Ouest lausannois: 52.7% Yes

61.3% YesNo 38.7%

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 de l'Ouest lausannois: 56.0% Yes

64.2% YesNo 35.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de l'Ouest lausannois: 70.9% Yes

74.0% YesNo 26.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP39.0% · strongest party

SP39.0%

FDP14.4%

SVP14.3%

GRÜNE14.0%

PdA/Sol.7.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier77.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

77.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 272 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'654 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 271 of 300 in the canton · 1674 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:16'654 CHF(~16.7%)

Chavannes-près-RenensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Chavannes-près-Renens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.9%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.6%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.7%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.5%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.3%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21.1%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.4%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.9%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29.1%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30.2%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'043 mm

11.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

428 m

Mean elevation

398 m

Relief

52 m

Mean slope

3.1°

Flat share

80.3%

South-facing

11.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 52 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

22.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'000

Per inhabitant

2'088 kWh/yr

22 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

30.69 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.25 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.65 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.92 Rp./kWh

30.69 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator SIE 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 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Chavannes-près-Renens →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

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

0.14 %

Second homes

17.6 %

Avg. rooms

2.8

Dwellings

4'875

Built before 19466.3%

Built since 200141.2%

0.14 %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

4'451

Workplaces

374

Services share

95.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 4'263 (95.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

1

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

4 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 28 min · Car 16 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 292/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5627

Websitechavannes.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de l'Ouest lausannois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Chavannes-près-Renens ranks

37

Largest municipalities10'720 #19 VD · #163 CH Growing municipalities9.7% #5 VD · #9 CH Shrinking municipalities9.7% #296 VD · #2100 CH Jobs per resident0.42 #81 VD · #780 CH Families & children22.2% #181 VD · #510 CH Age structure8.9% #300 VD · #2108 CH Women share47.2% #289 VD · #1996 CH Foreign residents57.1% #1 VD · #4 CH Population density6'497/km² #2 VD · #9 CH Tax burden16'654 #271 VD · #1674 CH Taxes77.5% #272 VD Warmest municipalities11.4 °C #1 VD · #27 CH Sunniest municipalities46.3% #101 VD · #532 CH Rainiest municipalities1'043 mm #166 VD · #1423 CH Voter turnout42% #298 VD · #2089 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #3 VD · #276 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #139 VD · #1213 CH SVP strongholds14.3% #288 VD · #2015 CH SP strongholds39% #2 VD · #3 CH Centre strongholds3.8% #223 VD · #1933 CH FDP strongholds14.4% #274 VD · #889 CH GLP strongholds4.5% #238 VD · #1311 CH Green strongholds14% #62 VD · #191 CH Largest by area1.7 km² #289 VD · #2050 CH Highest municipalities415 m #279 VD · #1818 CH Second homes17.6% #32 VD · #417 CH Organic farming0% #231 VD · #1980 CH Best-connected municipalities28 min #8 VD · #68 CH Remotest municipalities28 min #292 VD · #2043 CH Highest peaks428 m #294 VD · #2068 CH Highest-lying municipalities398 m #276 VD · #1983 CH Greatest vertical range52 m #288 VD · #2035 CH Steepest municipalities3.1° #238 VD · #1894 CH Solar potential22 GWh #78 VD · #930 CH Solar potential per capita2'088 kWh #300 VD · #2105 CH Cheapest electricity30.69 Rp./kWh #278 VD · #1854 CH Most expensive electricity30.69 Rp./kWh #23 VD · #253 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

1015

Lausanne

1022

Chavannes-près-Renens

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Chavannes-près-Renens1022 Lausanne1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1010 1011 1012 1015 1018

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Chavannes-près-Renens?: Chavannes-près-Renens has 2 postal codes: 1015, 1022.
What is the tax rate in Chavannes-près-Renens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Chavannes-près-Renens is 77.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Chavannes-près-Renens?: A single person without children pays about 16'654 CHF income tax in Chavannes-près-Renens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 271 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Chavannes-près-Renens have?: Chavannes-près-Renens has 10'720 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Chavannes-près-Renens?: Chavannes-près-Renens has 6'120 foreign residents, a share of 57.09% (2025).

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