What is the postal code of Chêne-Bougeries?

Chêne-Bougeries has 2 postal codes: 1224, 1231.

What is the tax rate in Chêne-Bougeries?

The municipal tax multiplier of Chêne-Bougeries is 32% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Chêne-Bougeries?

A single person without children pays about 14'431 CHF income tax in Chêne-Bougeries on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 7 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Chêne-Bougeries have?

Chêne-Bougeries has 14'947 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Chêne-Bougeries?

Chêne-Bougeries has 5'404 foreign residents, a share of 36.15% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GE

Chêne-Bougeries

1224–1231

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

7'827 52.4%

Men

7'120 47.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'616 24.2%

Swiss citizens

9'543 63.9%

Foreign residents

5'404 36.2%

Population density

3'610 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'616 · 24.2%20–64 · 8'542 · 57.1%65+ · 2'789 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 36.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +605 (+4.2%) · 131 births · 183 deaths · net migration +730

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 Chêne-Bougeries

BFS

32.7% YesNo 67.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

27.09.2026Loi 13579 indemnité à la Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale – GenèveCantonal GE● Rejected · 41.5% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

27.09.2026Loi 13025 LDTR pour que les locataires puissent devenir, s’ils le souhaitent, propriétaires de leur propre logementCantonal GE● Rejected · 36.5% Yes

45.6% YesNo 54.4%

27.09.2026Loi 13725 crédit de 39 500 000 francs pour la réalisation de projets transfrontaliersCantonal GE● Accepted · 56.8% Yes

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

27.09.2026IN 198 « Pour une contraception gratuite »Cantonal GE● Accepted · 58.5% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

50.9% YesNo 49.1%

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

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

14.06.2026Loi sur les heures d'ouverture des magasins (LHOM) (Ouverture du dimanche)Cantonal GE● Accepted · 52.8% Yes

65.2% YesNo 34.8%

14.06.2026Loi pour une expression non ostentatoire des convictions religieusesCantonal GE● Accepted · 51.4% Yes

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP27.8% · strongest party

FDP27.8%

SP15.0%

SVP14.9%

GRÜNE11.5%

GLP9.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier32%

Cantonal tax multiplier147.5%

32%GE range 25%51%

Tax rank 8 of 45 in canton Geneva

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'431 CHF(14.4%)

Rank 7 of 45 in the canton · 918 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'212 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Cologny 13'885 CHF · most expensive Avully 15'914 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'431 CHF(~14.4%)

Chêne-BougeriesCanton range GenevaSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Chêne-Bougeries	Geneva	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	4.6–5.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.1%	6.8–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.1%	8.8–10.1%	10.5%
70'000	10.8%	10.4–12%	11.9%
80'000	12.2%	11.7–13.4%	13.1%
90'000	13.2%	12.7–14.6%	14.1%
100'000	14.4%	13.9–15.9%	15.3%
110'000	15.5%	14.9–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.4%	15.8–18.1%	17.2%
130'000	17.3%	16.6–18.9%	18.1%
140'000	18%	17.4–19.8%	19%
150'000	18.8%	18.1–20.6%	19.7%
175'000	20.5%	19.8–22.4%	21.6%
200'000	22%	21.3–24%	23.2%
225'000	23.4%	22.6–25.5%	24.6%
250'000	24.6%	23.8–26.7%	25.8%
275'000	25.6%	24.8–27.8%	26.8%
300'000	26.4%	25.6–28.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020893 mm

11 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

430 m

Mean elevation

419 m

Relief

47 m

Mean slope

2.3°

Flat share

88.9%

South-facing

3.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 47 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

47.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

63.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'600

Per inhabitant

3'179 kWh/yr

48 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

24.43 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.33 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

24.43 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.43 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services industriels de Genève

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

Standard model, deductible 300752 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Geneva539 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Chêne-Bougeries →Canton Geneva →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Geneva (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.34 %

Second homes

13.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

6'247

Built before 194616.3%

Built since 200129.3%

0.34 %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

5'422

Workplaces

791

Services share

94.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 308 (5.7%) · Tertiary 5'114 (94.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

0 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 23 min · Car 16 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 40/45 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6612

Head of governmentWilliam Locher · FDP.Die Liberalen

Websitechene-bougeries.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Chêne-Bougeries ranks

Largest municipalities14'947 #8 GE · #97 CH Growing municipalities4.2% #3 GE · #79 CH Shrinking municipalities4.2% #43 GE · #2030 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #19 GE · #1026 CH Families & children24.2% #12 GE · #152 CH Age structure18.7% #23 GE · #1520 CH Women share52.4% #9 GE · #91 CH Foreign residents36.2% #14 GE · #136 CH Population density3'610/km² #8 GE · #21 CH Tax burden14'431 #7 GE · #918 CH Taxes32% #8 GE Warmest municipalities11 °C #16 GE · #84 CH Sunniest municipalities46.9% #38 GE · #464 CH Rainiest municipalities893 mm #26 GE · #1960 CH Voter turnout54.8% #30 GE · #1258 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #32 GE · #819 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #8 GE · #710 CH SVP strongholds14.9% #35 GE · #1999 CH SP strongholds15% #17 GE · #948 CH Centre strongholds7.6% #38 GE · #1497 CH FDP strongholds27.8% #7 GE · #143 CH GLP strongholds9.2% #10 GE · #413 CH Green strongholds11.5% #38 GE · #405 CH Largest by area4.1 km² #32 GE · #1700 CH Highest municipalities423 m #28 GE · #1757 CH Second homes13.8% #22 GE · #694 CH Organic farming0% #39 GE · #2070 CH Best-connected municipalities23 min #6 GE · #40 CH Remotest municipalities23 min #40 GE · #2075 CH Highest peaks430 m #40 GE · #2064 CH Highest-lying municipalities419 m #21 GE · #1916 CH Greatest vertical range47 m #39 GE · #2044 CH Steepest municipalities2.3° #22 GE · #1983 CH Solar potential48 GWh #13 GE · #360 CH Solar potential per capita3'179 kWh #41 GE · #2090 CH Cheapest electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #11 GE · #289 CH Most expensive electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #12 GE · #1795 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Chêne-Bougeries1224 Conches1231

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Chêne-Bougeries?: Chêne-Bougeries has 2 postal codes: 1224, 1231.
What is the tax rate in Chêne-Bougeries?: The municipal tax multiplier of Chêne-Bougeries is 32% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Chêne-Bougeries?: A single person without children pays about 14'431 CHF income tax in Chêne-Bougeries on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 7 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Chêne-Bougeries have?: Chêne-Bougeries has 14'947 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Chêne-Bougeries?: Chêne-Bougeries has 5'404 foreign residents, a share of 36.15% (2025).

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