What is the postal code of Echichens?

Echichens has 4 postal codes: 1112, 1113, 1114, 1125.

What is the tax rate in Echichens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Echichens is 66% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Echichens?

A single person without children pays about 15'889 CHF income tax in Echichens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 87 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Echichens have?

Echichens has 3'243 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Echichens?

Echichens has 665 foreign residents, a share of 20.51% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Morges

Echichens

1112–1125

VD CANTON1112 1113 1114 1125

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'705 52.6%

Men

1'538 47.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

770 23.7%

Swiss citizens

2'578 79.5%

Foreign residents

665 20.5%

Population density

244 pop./km²

0–19 · 770 · 23.7%20–64 · 1'840 · 56.7%65+ · 633 · 19.5%

Foreign residents 20.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +21 (+0.7%) · 24 births · 48 deaths · net migration +47

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 Echichens

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

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

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

23.7% YesNo 76.3%

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 Morges: 54.3% Yes

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

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

48.7% YesNo 51.3%

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

32.4% YesNo 67.6%

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

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

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

55.0% YesNo 45.0%

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

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

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

40.6% YesNo 59.4%

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

68.6% YesNo 31.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP23.3% · strongest party

FDP23.3%

SVP21.5%

SP19.6%

GRÜNE14.7%

GLP11.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier66%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

66%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 87 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'889 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 87 of 300 in the canton · 1215 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:15'889 CHF(~15.9%)

EchichensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Echichens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.8%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.8%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.8%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.6%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.2%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.2%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29%	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 1991–2020975 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

504 m

Relief

159 m

Mean slope

3.6°

Flat share

79.4%

South-facing

4.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 159 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

26.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

34.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'800

Per inhabitant

8'082 kWh/yr

26 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

27.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

27.89 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 Echichens →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

0.66 %

Second homes

10.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'369

Built before 194626.3%

Built since 200133.7%

0.66 %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

862

Workplaces

207

Services share

82.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 113 (13.1%) · Secondary 41 (4.8%) · Tertiary 708 (82.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

17.6 %

Farmland

1'055 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 41 min · Car 24 min

AgglomerationPT 41 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 237/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5634

Head of governmentDaniel Meienberger

Websiteechichens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Morges

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Echichens ranks

Largest municipalities3'243 #57 VD · #678 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #148 VD · #999 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #152 VD · #1110 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #154 VD · #1445 CH Families & children23.7% #95 VD · #202 CH Age structure19.5% #93 VD · #1346 CH Women share52.6% #21 VD · #69 CH Foreign residents20.5% #147 VD · #816 CH Population density244/km² #101 VD · #909 CH Tax burden15'889 #94 VD · #1222 CH Taxes66% #87 VD Warmest municipalities10.7 °C #51 VD · #166 CH Sunniest municipalities46.5% #91 VD · #512 CH Rainiest municipalities975 mm #230 VD · #1738 CH Voter turnout62% #138 VD · #422 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #10 VD · #432 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #127 VD · #1053 CH SVP strongholds21.5% #194 VD · #1722 CH SP strongholds19.6% #174 VD · #497 CH Centre strongholds4.5% #161 VD · #1849 CH FDP strongholds23.3% #151 VD · #304 CH GLP strongholds11.3% #37 VD · #196 CH Green strongholds14.7% #44 VD · #149 CH Largest by area13.3 km² #68 VD · #737 CH Highest municipalities466 m #227 VD · #1411 CH Second homes10.5% #151 VD · #1132 CH Organic farming17.6% #89 VD · #748 CH Best-connected municipalities41 min #60 VD · #258 CH Remotest municipalities41 min #237 VD · #1859 CH Highest peaks578 m #222 VD · #1627 CH Highest-lying municipalities504 m #201 VD · #1406 CH Greatest vertical range159 m #164 VD · #1541 CH Steepest municipalities3.6° #228 VD · #1825 CH Solar potential26 GWh #62 VD · #788 CH Solar potential per capita8'082 kWh #225 VD · #1450 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #55 VD · #1268 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #226 VD · #819 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

1112

Echichens

1113

St-Saphorin-sur-Morges

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Colombier VD1114 Echichens1112 Monnaz1125 St-Saphorin-sur-Morges1113

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Echichens?: Echichens has 4 postal codes: 1112, 1113, 1114, 1125.
What is the tax rate in Echichens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Echichens is 66% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Echichens?: A single person without children pays about 15'889 CHF income tax in Echichens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 87 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Echichens have?: Echichens has 3'243 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Echichens?: Echichens has 665 foreign residents, a share of 20.51% (2025).

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