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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
926 48.4%
Men
989 51.6%
Children & youth (0–19)
415 21.7%
Swiss citizens
1'592 83.1%
Foreign residents
323 16.9%
Population density
60 pop./km²
0–19 · 415 · 21.7%20–64 · 1'168 · 61.0%65+ · 332 · 17.3%
Foreign residents 16.9%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +30 (+1.6%) · 13 births · 5 deaths · net migration +24
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
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 32.5% Yes
32.7% YesNo 67.3%
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 la Broye-Vully: 58.7% Yes
66.5% YesNo 33.5%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 56.8% Yes
60.8% YesNo 39.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 49.9% Yes
45.9% YesNo 54.1%
14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 35.1% Yes
36.0% YesNo 64.0%
14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 50.9% Yes
53.8% YesNo 46.2%
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 la Broye-Vully: 38.1% Yes
37.9% YesNo 62.2%
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 la Broye-Vully: 41.6% Yes
40.0% YesNo 60.0%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 62.0% Yes
65.4% YesNo 34.6%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SP28.8% · strongest party
SP28.8%
SVP24.3%
FDP21.3%
GRÜNE7.6%
GLP7.1%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier59%
Cantonal tax multiplier155%
59%VD range 46%83%
Tax rank 23 of 300 in canton Vaud
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
15'423 CHF(15.4%)
Rank 23 of 300 in the canton · 1080 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
0%9%18%26%35%40k50k100k150k200k250k300k
100'000 CHF:15'423 CHF(~15.4%)
CudrefinCanton range VaudSwitzerland median
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Gross incomeCudrefinVaudSwitzerland median
40'0003.9%3.7–4.3%5.4%
50'0007.3%6.9–8.1%7.8%
60'00010.7%10–11.8%10.5%
70'00012.7%11.9–14.1%11.9%
80'00013.6%12.8–15.1%13.1%
90'00014.4%13.5–15.9%14.1%
100'00015.4%14.6–17%15.3%
110'00016.3%15.4–18%16.3%
120'00017.2%16.3–19%17.2%
130'00018.1%17.1–19.9%18.1%
140'00018.9%17.9–20.8%19%
150'00019.7%18.6–21.6%19.7%
175'00021.6%20.5–23.6%21.6%
200'00023.2%22.1–25.4%23.2%
225'00024.7%23.5–26.9%24.6%
250'00026.1%24.8–28.4%25.8%
275'00027.3%26–29.6%26.8%
300'00028.3%27–30.7%27.4%
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020
Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.7 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020938 mm
10.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
578 m
Mean elevation
446 m
Relief
149 m
Mean slope
1.7°
Flat share
86.8%
South-facing
1.3%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 149 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
Roof potential
23.2 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
29.5 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'100
Per inhabitant
12'094 kWh/yr
23 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
27.11 Rp./kWh
Energy
13.15 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
9.19 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.92 Rp./kWh
27.11 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Groupe E 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
Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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
1.02 %
Second homes
24.4 %
Avg. rooms
4
Dwellings
1'083
Built before 194625.5%
Built since 200134.8%
Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).
1.02 %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
387
Workplaces
148
Services share
70 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 79 (20.4%) · Secondary 37 (9.6%) · Tertiary 271 (70.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
22
Organic share
0 %
Farmland
612 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 83 min · Car 42 min
AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 23 min
Remoteness 33/300 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number5456
Head of governmentBlaise Baumann
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities1'915 #86 VD · #995 CHGrowing municipalities1.6% #72 VD · #486 CHShrinking municipalities1.6% #228 VD · #1623 CHJobs per resident0.2 #210 VD · #1787 CHFamilies & children21.7% #196 VD · #615 CHAge structure17.3% #163 VD · #1734 CHWomen share48.4% #257 VD · #1757 CHForeign residents16.9% #205 VD · #1146 CHPopulation density60/km² #246 VD · #1719 CHTax burden15'423 #25 VD · #1082 CHTaxes59% #23 VDWarmest municipalities10.7 °C #46 VD · #161 CHSunniest municipalities42.1% #300 VD · #1116 CHRainiest municipalities938 mm #262 VD · #1847 CHVoter turnout59.2% #190 VD · #684 CHAgainst Switzerland13.7% #129 VD · #1029 CHAligned with Switzerland86.3% #10 VD · #485 CHSVP strongholds24.3% #152 VD · #1591 CHSP strongholds28.8% #33 VD · #72 CHCentre strongholds5.1% #119 VD · #1781 CHFDP strongholds21.3% #178 VD · #374 CHGLP strongholds7.1% #151 VD · #738 CHGreen strongholds7.6% #244 VD · #961 CHLargest by area31.9 km² #20 VD · #291 CHHighest municipalities453 m #244 VD · #1515 CHSecond homes24.4% #15 VD · #296 CHOrganic farming0% #198 VD · #1947 CHBest-connected municipalities83 min #267 VD · #1420 CHRemotest municipalities83 min #33 VD · #705 CHHighest peaks578 m #220 VD · #1625 CHHighest-lying municipalities446 m #253 VD · #1747 CHGreatest vertical range149 m #179 VD · #1598 CHSteepest municipalities1.7° #268 VD · #2028 CHSolar potential23 GWh #70 VD · #903 CHSolar potential per capita12'094 kWh #120 VD · #743 CHCheapest electricity27.11 Rp./kWh #3 VD · #1135 CHMost expensive electricity27.11 Rp./kWh #297 VD · #971 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 1
What is the postal code of Cudrefin?
The postal code of Cudrefin is 1588.
What is the tax rate in Cudrefin?
The municipal tax multiplier of Cudrefin is 59% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Cudrefin?
A single person without children pays about 15'423 CHF income tax in Cudrefin on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 23 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Cudrefin have?
Cudrefin has 1'915 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Cudrefin?
Cudrefin has 323 foreign residents, a share of 16.87% (2025).

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