What is the postal code of Cugnasco-Gerra?

Cugnasco-Gerra has 4 postal codes: 6516, 6594, 6595, 6597.

What is the tax rate in Cugnasco-Gerra?

The municipal tax multiplier of Cugnasco-Gerra is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Cugnasco-Gerra?

A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Cugnasco-Gerra on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Cugnasco-Gerra have?

Cugnasco-Gerra has 2'838 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Cugnasco-Gerra?

Cugnasco-Gerra has 436 foreign residents, a share of 15.36% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Locarno

Cugnasco-Gerra

6516–6597

TI CANTON6516 6594 6595 6597

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'418 50.0%

Men

1'420 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

498 17.5%

Swiss citizens

2'402 84.6%

Foreign residents

436 15.4%

Population density

156 pop./km²

0–19 · 498 · 17.5%20–64 · 1'666 · 58.7%65+ · 674 · 23.7%

Foreign residents 15.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −20 (−0.7%) · 16 births · 20 deaths · net migration −19

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 Cugnasco-Gerra

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 Distretto di Locarno: 32.4% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 45.4% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.4% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 49.3% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 71.2% Yes

74.2% YesNo 25.8%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 31.4% Yes

24.2% YesNo 75.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.8% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

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 Distretto di Locarno: 29.1% Yes

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.0% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.7% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte22.8% · strongest party

Mitte22.8%

FDP17.4%

SP13.3%

SVP12.1%

Übrige10.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier90%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

90%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 70 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'339 CHF(14.3%)

Rank 62 of 100 in the canton · 886 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'339 CHF(~14.3%)

Cugnasco-GerraCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Cugnasco-Gerra	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.1%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.3%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.3%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.3%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.2%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.8%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.7%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.2%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.5%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.6%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.6%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.5%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'737 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'372 m

Mean elevation

1'061 m

Relief

2'174 m

Mean slope

31°

Flat share

9.3%

South-facing

44.2%

Above 2000 m

5.6%

Relief 2'174 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

29.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

42.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'500

Per inhabitant

10'356 kWh/yr

29 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 300683 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Cugnasco-Gerra →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

0.67 %

Second homes

36.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

1'951

Built before 194621.8%

Built since 200119.9%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.67 %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

422

Workplaces

184

Services share

71.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 35 (8.3%) · Secondary 86 (20.4%) · Tertiary 301 (71.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

111 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 42 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 57/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5138

Websitecugnasco-gerra.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Locarno

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Cugnasco-Gerra ranks

Largest municipalities2'838 #30 TI · #759 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #66 TI · #1718 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #35 TI · #393 CH Jobs per resident0.15 #92 TI · #1989 CH Families & children17.5% #41 TI · #1748 CH Age structure23.7% #62 TI · #558 CH Women share50% #70 TI · #959 CH Foreign residents15.4% #74 TI · #1251 CH Population density156/km² #61 TI · #1195 CH Tax burden14'339 #64 TI · #888 CH Taxes90% #70 TI Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #72 TI · #1520 CH Sunniest municipalities55.2% #44 TI · #67 CH Rainiest municipalities1'737 mm #56 TI · #104 CH Voter turnout56.4% #49 TI · #1040 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #45 TI · #369 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #27 TI · #1105 CH SVP strongholds12.1% #87 TI · #2070 CH SP strongholds13.3% #30 TI · #1138 CH Centre strongholds22.8% #21 TI · #416 CH FDP strongholds17.4% #68 TI · #626 CH GLP strongholds2.9% #10 TI · #1609 CH Green strongholds10.3% #29 TI · #530 CH Largest by area18.2 km² #34 TI · #531 CH Highest municipalities225 m #92 TI · #2085 CH Second homes36.2% #41 TI · #226 CH Organic farming0% #60 TI · #1912 CH Best-connected municipalities42 min #45 TI · #278 CH Remotest municipalities42 min #57 TI · #1836 CH Highest peaks2'372 m #22 TI · #267 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'061 m #28 TI · #382 CH Greatest vertical range2'174 m #14 TI · #154 CH Steepest municipalities31° #16 TI · #68 CH Solar potential29 GWh #34 TI · #692 CH Solar potential per capita10'356 kWh #57 TI · #1009 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #82 TI · #1571 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #27 TI · #544 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Agarone6597 Contone6594 Cugnasco6516 Riazzino6595

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Cugnasco-Gerra?: Cugnasco-Gerra has 4 postal codes: 6516, 6594, 6595, 6597.
What is the tax rate in Cugnasco-Gerra?: The municipal tax multiplier of Cugnasco-Gerra is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Cugnasco-Gerra?: A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Cugnasco-Gerra on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Cugnasco-Gerra have?: Cugnasco-Gerra has 2'838 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Cugnasco-Gerra?: Cugnasco-Gerra has 436 foreign residents, a share of 15.36% (2025).

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