What is the postal code of Chigny?

The postal code of Chigny is 1134.

What is the tax rate in Chigny?

The municipal tax multiplier of Chigny is 62% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Chigny?

A single person without children pays about 15'623 CHF income tax in Chigny on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 44 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Chigny have?

Chigny has 410 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Chigny?

Chigny has 85 foreign residents, a share of 20.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Morges

Chigny

1134

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

196 47.8%

Men

214 52.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

111 27.1%

Swiss citizens

325 79.3%

Foreign residents

85 20.7%

Population density

461 pop./km²

0–19 · 111 · 27.1%20–64 · 246 · 60.0%65+ · 53 · 12.9%

Foreign residents 20.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −10 (−2.4%) · 2 births · 1 deaths · net migration −11

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 Chigny

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 Morges: 22.8% Yes

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Morges: 25.7% Yes

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

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 de Morges: 54.3% Yes

56.7% YesNo 43.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Morges: 47.9% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Morges: 35.6% Yes

24.0% YesNo 76.0%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 39.0% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Morges: 49.2% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

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 Morges: 42.3% Yes

40.5% YesNo 59.5%

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 Morges: 44.7% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 67.4% Yes

70.8% YesNo 29.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP28.9% · strongest party

FDP28.9%

SP18.4%

GLP17.7%

GRÜNE16.9%

SVP11.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier62%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

62%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 48 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'623 CHF(15.6%)

Rank 44 of 300 in the canton · 1130 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:15'623 CHF(~15.6%)

ChignyCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Chigny	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.4%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.8%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	12.9%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	13.8%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.6%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.6%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.5%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.5%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.2%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	19.9%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	21.8%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.5%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.4%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020994 mm

10.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

460 m

Mean elevation

432 m

Relief

70 m

Mean slope

4.2°

Flat share

69.8%

South-facing

8.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 70 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

2.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

600

Per inhabitant

6'561 kWh/yr

3 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

28.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

28.59 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Chigny →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 %

Second homes

8.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

164

Built before 194624.4%

Built since 200132.9%

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

36.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 23 (48.9%) · Secondary 7 (14.9%) · Tertiary 17 (36.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

61 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 39 min · Car 23 min

AgglomerationPT 39 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 250/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5628

Head of governmentAleksandra Capraro

Websitechigny.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Morges

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Chigny ranks

Largest municipalities410 #236 VD · #1882 CH Growing municipalities-2.4% #279 VD · #2016 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.4% #22 VD · #93 CH Jobs per resident0.11 #288 VD · #2078 CH Families & children27.1% #11 VD · #19 CH Age structure12.9% #284 VD · #2084 CH Women share47.8% #276 VD · #1913 CH Foreign residents20.7% #145 VD · #793 CH Population density461/km² #50 VD · #537 CH Tax burden15'623 #46 VD · #1132 CH Taxes62% #48 VD Warmest municipalities10.9 °C #25 VD · #101 CH Sunniest municipalities47.1% #56 VD · #431 CH Rainiest municipalities994 mm #207 VD · #1650 CH Voter turnout63.6% #109 VD · #285 CH SVP strongholds11% #298 VD · #2088 CH SP strongholds18.4% #193 VD · #589 CH Centre strongholds2.7% #277 VD · #2011 CH FDP strongholds28.9% #54 VD · #112 CH GLP strongholds17.7% #3 VD · #4 CH Green strongholds16.9% #19 VD · #69 CH Largest by area0.9 km² #298 VD · #2100 CH Highest municipalities445 m #250 VD · #1576 CH Second homes8.8% #201 VD · #1450 CH Organic farming33.3% #32 VD · #281 CH Best-connected municipalities39 min #49 VD · #217 CH Remotest municipalities39 min #250 VD · #1898 CH Highest peaks460 m #283 VD · #2004 CH Highest-lying municipalities432 m #267 VD · #1849 CH Greatest vertical range70 m #266 VD · #1970 CH Steepest municipalities4.2° #203 VD · #1714 CH Solar potential3 GWh #286 VD · #2058 CH Solar potential per capita6'561 kWh #266 VD · #1746 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #164 VD · #1462 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #113 VD · #621 CH

Postal codes (1)

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1134

Chigny

Localities

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Chigny1134

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Chigny?: The postal code of Chigny is 1134.
What is the tax rate in Chigny?: The municipal tax multiplier of Chigny is 62% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Chigny?: A single person without children pays about 15'623 CHF income tax in Chigny on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 44 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Chigny have?: Chigny has 410 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Chigny?: Chigny has 85 foreign residents, a share of 20.73% (2025).

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