What is the postal code of Däniken?

The postal code of Däniken is 4658.

What is the tax rate in Däniken?

The municipal tax multiplier of Däniken is 80% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Däniken?

A single person without children pays about 14'104 CHF income tax in Däniken on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Däniken have?

Däniken has 3'108 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Däniken?

Däniken has 825 foreign residents, a share of 26.54% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SO · Bezirk Olten

Däniken

4658

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'491 48.0%

Men

1'617 52.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

588 18.9%

Swiss citizens

2'283 73.5%

Foreign residents

825 26.5%

Population density

572 pop./km²

0–19 · 588 · 18.9%20–64 · 1'841 · 59.2%65+ · 679 · 21.8%

Foreign residents 26.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +35 (+1.1%) · 33 births · 18 deaths · net migration +20

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 Däniken

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 Bezirk Olten: 27.9% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 25.3% Yes

35.9% YesNo 64.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 53.2% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 46.7% Yes

62.0% YesNo 38.0%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 62.8% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 62.8% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 56.6% Yes

50.1% YesNo 49.9%

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 Bezirk Olten: 28.5% Yes

16.9% YesNo 83.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 36.7% Yes

47.9% YesNo 52.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 35.8% Yes

45.4% YesNo 54.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP38.4% · strongest party

SVP38.4%

FDP24.7%

Mitte12.4%

SP11.1%

GRÜNE5.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier80%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

80%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 3 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'104 CHF(14.1%)

Rank 3 of 104 in the canton · 856 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'104 CHF(~14.1%)

DänikenCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Däniken	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	6.7%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	8.6%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	10.2%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	11.5%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	12.5%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	13.2%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	14.1%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	14.9%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	15.5%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	16.2%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	17%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	17.6%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	19.1%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	20.4%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	21.5%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	22.5%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	23.3%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	24%	22.5–29.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'086 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

613 m

Mean elevation

424 m

Relief

239 m

Mean slope

5.4°

Flat share

53.5%

South-facing

1.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 239 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

43 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

52.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'600

Per inhabitant

13'829 kWh/yr

43 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

31.21 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.45 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.91 Rp./kWh

31.21 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.51 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Primeo Netz AG

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

Standard model, deductible 300606 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Solothurn424 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Däniken →Canton Solothurn →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Solothurn (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.31 %

Second homes

7.4 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'475

Built before 194614.5%

Built since 200120.5%

2.31 %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

2'684

Workplaces

226

Services share

40.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 29 (1.1%) · Secondary 1'566 (58.3%) · Tertiary 1'089 (40.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

201 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 58 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 21 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 78/104 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2572

Websitedaeniken.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Olten

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Däniken ranks

Largest municipalities3'108 #29 SO · #705 CH Growing municipalities1.1% #31 SO · #714 CH Shrinking municipalities1.1% #74 SO · #1396 CH Jobs per resident0.86 #8 SO · #129 CH Families & children18.9% #68 SO · #1466 CH Age structure21.8% #60 SO · #895 CH Women share48% #90 SO · #1860 CH Foreign residents26.5% #22 SO · #469 CH Population density572/km² #26 SO · #454 CH Tax burden14'104 #3 SO · #856 CH Taxes80% #3 SO Warmest municipalities10 °C #9 SO · #501 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #95 SO · #1878 CH Rainiest municipalities1'086 mm #69 SO · #1177 CH Voter turnout52.4% #70 SO · #1544 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #23 SO · #774 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #53 SO · #665 CH SVP strongholds38.4% #17 SO · #745 CH SP strongholds11.1% #66 SO · #1400 CH Centre strongholds12.4% #87 SO · #1012 CH FDP strongholds24.7% #17 SO · #241 CH GLP strongholds4.1% #80 SO · #1388 CH Green strongholds5.8% #69 SO · #1377 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #65 SO · #1497 CH Highest municipalities382 m #101 SO · #1963 CH Second homes7.4% #87 SO · #1743 CH Organic farming0% #90 SO · #1774 CH Best-connected municipalities58 min #29 SO · #710 CH Remotest municipalities58 min #78 SO · #1396 CH Highest peaks613 m #61 SO · #1484 CH Highest-lying municipalities424 m #96 SO · #1896 CH Greatest vertical range239 m #54 SO · #1178 CH Steepest municipalities5.4° #71 SO · #1492 CH Solar potential43 GWh #13 SO · #424 CH Solar potential per capita13'829 kWh #12 SO · #553 CH Cheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #75 SO · #1918 CH Most expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #31 SO · #170 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4658

Däniken SO

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Däniken SO4658

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Däniken?: The postal code of Däniken is 4658.
What is the tax rate in Däniken?: The municipal tax multiplier of Däniken is 80% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Däniken?: A single person without children pays about 14'104 CHF income tax in Däniken on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Däniken have?: Däniken has 3'108 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Däniken?: Däniken has 825 foreign residents, a share of 26.54% (2025).

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