What is the postal code of Collombey-Muraz?

Collombey-Muraz has 3 postal codes: 1868, 1872, 1893.

What is the tax rate in Collombey-Muraz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Collombey-Muraz is 125% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Collombey-Muraz?

A single person without children pays about 15'251 CHF income tax in Collombey-Muraz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 53 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Collombey-Muraz have?

Collombey-Muraz has 10'188 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Collombey-Muraz?

Collombey-Muraz has 2'825 foreign residents, a share of 27.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · District de Monthey

Collombey-Muraz

1868–1893

VS CANTON1868 1872 1893

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'134 50.4%

Men

5'054 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'370 23.3%

Swiss citizens

7'363 72.3%

Foreign residents

2'825 27.7%

Population density

342 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'370 · 23.3%20–64 · 6'312 · 62.0%65+ · 1'506 · 14.8%

Foreign residents 27.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +137 (+1.4%) · 98 births · 63 deaths · net migration +116

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 Collombey-Muraz

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 Monthey: 27.2% Yes

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 35.1% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 58.8% Yes

57.1% YesNo 43.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 50.0% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 52.4% Yes

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 21.9% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 45.9% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 55.0% Yes

56.0% YesNo 44.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 61.2% Yes

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict District de Monthey: 65.4% Yes

65.6% YesNo 34.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte29.4% · strongest party

Mitte29.4%

SVP23.6%

FDP17.9%

SP17.2%

GRÜNE8.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier125%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

125%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 87 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'251 CHF(15.3%)

Rank 53 of 122 in the canton · 1043 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'413 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Bister VS 13'690 CHF · most expensive Grächen 17'302 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'251 CHF(~15.3%)

Collombey-MurazCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Collombey-Muraz	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	8.5%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	10%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	11.5%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.8%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	13.9%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	15.3%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	16.5%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	20.9%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	23.8%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.9%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	27.1%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	28.1%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	27.4–31.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020972 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'027 m

Mean elevation

925 m

Relief

1'650 m

Mean slope

15.3°

Flat share

42.4%

South-facing

2.9%

Above 2000 m

0.1%

Relief 1'650 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

85 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

107.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

18'900

Per inhabitant

8'342 kWh/yr

85 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

28.26 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

28.26 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 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 300583 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Collombey-Muraz →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Valais. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Valais (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

2.26 %

Second homes

7.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

4'467

Built before 19467.3%

Built since 200145.6%

2.26 %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

3'573

Workplaces

742

Services share

71.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 110 (3.1%) · Secondary 920 (25.7%) · Tertiary 2'543 (71.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

773 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 73 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 116/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6152

Websitecollombey-muraz.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Monthey

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Collombey-Muraz ranks

Largest municipalities10'188 #9 VS · #176 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #44 VS · #607 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #79 VS · #1503 CH Jobs per resident0.35 #57 VS · #1067 CH Families & children23.3% #2 VS · #272 CH Age structure14.8% #119 VS · #2007 CH Women share50.4% #26 VS · #711 CH Foreign residents27.7% #26 VS · #418 CH Population density342/km² #15 VS · #701 CH Tax burden15'251 #53 VS · #1043 CH Taxes125% #87 VS Warmest municipalities10 °C #14 VS · #566 CH Sunniest municipalities51.6% #92 VS · #193 CH Rainiest municipalities972 mm #47 VS · #1751 CH Voter turnout44.1% #121 VS · #2060 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #33 VS · #571 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #40 VS · #924 CH SVP strongholds23.6% #76 VS · #1632 CH SP strongholds17.2% #25 VS · #723 CH Centre strongholds29.4% #90 VS · #247 CH FDP strongholds17.9% #32 VS · #590 CH GLP strongholds1.9% #47 VS · #1784 CH Green strongholds8.7% #32 VS · #774 CH Largest by area29.8 km² #54 VS · #314 CH Highest municipalities392 m #117 VS · #1926 CH Second homes7.4% #120 VS · #1736 CH Organic farming6.3% #97 VS · #1476 CH Best-connected municipalities73 min #6 VS · #1194 CH Remotest municipalities73 min #116 VS · #939 CH Highest peaks2'027 m #108 VS · #354 CH Highest-lying municipalities925 m #108 VS · #484 CH Greatest vertical range1'650 m #104 VS · #295 CH Steepest municipalities15.3° #116 VS · #573 CH Solar potential85 GWh #12 VS · #125 CH Solar potential per capita8'342 kWh #100 VS · #1393 CH Cheapest electricity28.26 Rp./kWh #112 VS · #1379 CH Most expensive electricity28.26 Rp./kWh #7 VS · #724 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Collombey1868 Muraz (Collombey)1893 Troistorrents1872

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Collombey-Muraz?: Collombey-Muraz has 3 postal codes: 1868, 1872, 1893.
What is the tax rate in Collombey-Muraz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Collombey-Muraz is 125% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Collombey-Muraz?: A single person without children pays about 15'251 CHF income tax in Collombey-Muraz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 53 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Collombey-Muraz have?: Collombey-Muraz has 10'188 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Collombey-Muraz?: Collombey-Muraz has 2'825 foreign residents, a share of 27.73% (2025).

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