What is the postal code of Ernen?

Ernen has 2 postal codes: 3989, 3995.

What is the tax rate in Ernen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ernen is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Ernen?

A single person without children pays about 14'257 CHF income tax in Ernen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 16 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ernen have?

Ernen has 538 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ernen?

Ernen has 61 foreign residents, a share of 11.34% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Goms

Ernen

3989–3995

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

260 48.3%

Men

278 51.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

71 13.2%

Swiss citizens

477 88.7%

Foreign residents

61 11.3%

Population density

15 pop./km²

0–19 · 71 · 13.2%20–64 · 280 · 52.0%65+ · 187 · 34.8%

Foreign residents 11.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−1.1%) · 5 births · 9 deaths · net migration −5

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 Ernen

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 Goms: 16.7% Yes

19.2% YesNo 80.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 30.3% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 58.8% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 48.9% Yes

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 36.8% Yes

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

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 Goms: 17.3% Yes

22.4% YesNo 77.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 38.5% Yes

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 35.9% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 73.7% Yes

77.0% YesNo 23.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Goms: 40.3% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte52.1% · strongest party

Mitte52.1%

SVP27.6%

GRÜNE12.4%

SP4.3%

FDP2.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier110%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

110%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 20 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'257 CHF(14.3%)

Rank 16 of 122 in the canton · 875 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:14'257 CHF(~14.3%)

ErnenCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

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Gross income	Ernen	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.4%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.2%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.9%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	12.9%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	14.3%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	15.4%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	16.5%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	17.6%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.8%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	19.8%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.2%	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 1991–20204.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'046 mm

4.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'155 m

Mean elevation

1'871 m

Relief

2'285 m

Mean slope

29.1°

Flat share

1.9%

South-facing

22.0%

Above 2000 m

43.1%

Relief 2'285 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

12.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

18.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'800

Per inhabitant

23'271 kWh/yr

13 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

24.31 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.75 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.73 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.8 Rp./kWh

24.31 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator endigo Holding 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

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Ernen →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

1.65 %

Second homes

72.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.1

Dwellings

1'028

Built before 194629.5%

Built since 20017.2%

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

1.65 %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

180

Workplaces

Services share

56.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 30 (16.7%) · Secondary 48 (26.7%) · Tertiary 102 (56.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

42.9 %

Farmland

320 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 147 min · Car 128 min

AgglomerationPT 67 min · Car 32 min

Remoteness 8/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6056

Websiteernen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Goms

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ernen ranks

Largest municipalities538 #90 VS · #1766 CH Growing municipalities-1.1% #101 VS · #1838 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.1% #22 VS · #273 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #60 VS · #1158 CH Families & children13.2% #110 VS · #2046 CH Age structure34.8% #8 VS · #33 CH Women share48.3% #92 VS · #1793 CH Foreign residents11.3% #95 VS · #1600 CH Population density15/km² #99 VS · #2011 CH Tax burden14'257 #16 VS · #875 CH Taxes110% #20 VS Warmest municipalities4.6 °C #103 VS · #2014 CH Sunniest municipalities49.7% #116 VS · #248 CH Rainiest municipalities1'046 mm #35 VS · #1412 CH Voter turnout54.7% #58 VS · #1277 CH SVP strongholds27.6% #50 VS · #1429 CH SP strongholds4.3% #104 VS · #1969 CH Centre strongholds52.1% #35 VS · #65 CH FDP strongholds2.1% #96 VS · #2021 CH GLP strongholds1.5% #63 VS · #1855 CH Green strongholds12.4% #14 VS · #310 CH Largest by area35.4 km² #46 VS · #262 CH Highest municipalities1'200 m #56 VS · #171 CH Second homes72.8% #13 VS · #33 CH Organic farming42.9% #17 VS · #182 CH Best-connected municipalities147 min #114 VS · #2041 CH Remotest municipalities147 min #8 VS · #71 CH Highest peaks3'155 m #50 VS · #108 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'871 m #55 VS · #113 CH Greatest vertical range2'285 m #63 VS · #130 CH Steepest municipalities29.1° #42 VS · #117 CH Solar potential13 GWh #75 VS · #1384 CH Solar potential per capita23'271 kWh #17 VS · #118 CH Cheapest electricity24.31 Rp./kWh #35 VS · #269 CH Most expensive electricity24.31 Rp./kWh #85 VS · #1835 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

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Ausserbinn3995 Ernen3995 Mühlebach (Goms)3995 Niederwald3989 Steinhaus3995

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ernen?: Ernen has 2 postal codes: 3989, 3995.
What is the tax rate in Ernen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ernen is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Ernen?: A single person without children pays about 14'257 CHF income tax in Ernen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 16 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ernen have?: Ernen has 538 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ernen?: Ernen has 61 foreign residents, a share of 11.34% (2025).

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