What is the postal code of Chessel?

The postal code of Chessel is 1846.

What is the tax rate in Chessel?

The municipal tax multiplier of Chessel is 65% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Chessel?

A single person without children pays about 15'822 CHF income tax in Chessel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Chessel have?

Chessel has 525 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Chessel?

Chessel has 138 foreign residents, a share of 26.29% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District d'Aigle

Chessel

1846

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

267 50.9%

Men

258 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

118 22.5%

Swiss citizens

387 73.7%

Foreign residents

138 26.3%

Population density

147 pop./km²

0–19 · 118 · 22.5%20–64 · 315 · 60.0%65+ · 92 · 17.5%

Foreign residents 26.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−0.4%) · 3 births · 3 deaths · net migration −3

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 Chessel

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 d'Aigle: 24.7% Yes

18.8% YesNo 81.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 32.3% Yes

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

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 d'Aigle: 57.8% Yes

67.6% YesNo 32.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 51.3% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 43.3% Yes

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 39.3% Yes

33.0% YesNo 67.1%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 47.7% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

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 d'Aigle: 41.8% Yes

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

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 d'Aigle: 45.6% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 65.3% Yes

62.4% YesNo 37.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP28.3% · strongest party

SVP28.3%

FDP28.0%

GRÜNE17.0%

SP14.3%

GLP2.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier65%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

65%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 80 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'822 CHF(15.8%)

Rank 70 of 300 in the canton · 1180 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:15'822 CHF(~15.8%)

ChesselCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Chessel	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.9%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.7%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.8%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.8%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.4%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.1%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.8%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'012 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

383 m

Mean elevation

377 m

Relief

11 m

Mean slope

1°

Flat share

98.6%

South-facing

0.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 11 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

5.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'300

Per inhabitant

10'933 kWh/yr

6 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 Chessel →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

2.29 %

Second homes

8.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

262

Built before 194626.3%

Built since 200143.9%

2.29 %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

40.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 47 (54.0%) · Secondary 5 (5.7%) · Tertiary 35 (40.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

223 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 69 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 74/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5403

Head of governmentJacques Borgeaud

Websitechessel.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict d'Aigle

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Chessel ranks

Largest municipalities525 #203 VD · #1779 CH Growing municipalities-0.4% #205 VD · #1601 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.4% #95 VD · #508 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #236 VD · #1911 CH Families & children22.5% #153 VD · #428 CH Age structure17.5% #156 VD · #1709 CH Women share50.9% #99 VD · #468 CH Foreign residents26.3% #86 VD · #485 CH Population density147/km² #145 VD · #1234 CH Tax burden15'822 #75 VD · #1185 CH Taxes65% #80 VD Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #95 VD · #283 CH Sunniest municipalities50.7% #6 VD · #216 CH Rainiest municipalities1'012 mm #191 VD · #1572 CH Voter turnout59.6% #180 VD · #637 CH SVP strongholds28.3% #101 VD · #1382 CH SP strongholds14.3% #265 VD · #1025 CH Centre strongholds2.6% #279 VD · #2016 CH FDP strongholds28% #67 VD · #136 CH GLP strongholds2.7% #289 VD · #1655 CH Green strongholds17% #17 VD · #65 CH Largest by area3.6 km² #220 VD · #1788 CH Highest municipalities382 m #295 VD · #1965 CH Second homes8.2% #221 VD · #1589 CH Organic farming20% #70 VD · #648 CH Best-connected municipalities69 min #220 VD · #1061 CH Remotest municipalities69 min #74 VD · #1063 CH Highest peaks383 m #299 VD · #2098 CH Highest-lying municipalities377 m #295 VD · #2043 CH Greatest vertical range11 m #299 VD · #2103 CH Steepest municipalities1° #288 VD · #2076 CH Solar potential6 GWh #221 VD · #1855 CH Solar potential per capita10'933 kWh #148 VD · #917 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #20 VD · #1233 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #191 VD · #784 CH

Postal codes (1)

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1846

Chessel

Localities

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Chessel1846

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Chessel?: The postal code of Chessel is 1846.
What is the tax rate in Chessel?: The municipal tax multiplier of Chessel is 65% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Chessel?: A single person without children pays about 15'822 CHF income tax in Chessel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Chessel have?: Chessel has 525 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Chessel?: Chessel has 138 foreign residents, a share of 26.29% (2025).

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