What is the postal code of Faoug?

The postal code of Faoug is 1595.

What is the tax rate in Faoug?

The municipal tax multiplier of Faoug is 65% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Faoug?

A single person without children pays about 15'822 CHF income tax in Faoug on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Faoug have?

Faoug has 899 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Faoug?

Faoug has 215 foreign residents, a share of 23.92% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Broye-Vully

Faoug

1595

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

459 51.1%

Men

440 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

159 17.7%

Swiss citizens

684 76.1%

Foreign residents

215 23.9%

Population density

156 pop./km²

0–19 · 159 · 17.7%20–64 · 572 · 63.6%65+ · 168 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 23.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.5%) · 5 births · 5 deaths · net migration +2

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 Faoug

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 la Broye-Vully: 18.6% Yes

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 32.5% Yes

23.6% YesNo 76.4%

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

58.6% YesNo 41.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 56.8% Yes

52.7% YesNo 47.4%

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

41.8% YesNo 58.2%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 35.1% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 50.9% Yes

47.9% YesNo 52.1%

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

35.1% YesNo 64.9%

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

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 62.0% Yes

64.4% YesNo 35.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP24.9% · strongest party

SVP24.9%

SP22.7%

FDP17.6%

Mitte11.8%

GRÜNE10.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier65%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

65%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 75 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'822 CHF(15.8%)

Rank 70 of 300 in the canton · 1180 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:15'822 CHF(~15.8%)

FaougCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Faoug	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.9%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.7%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.8%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.8%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.4%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.1%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.8%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020975 mm

10.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

485 m

Mean elevation

441 m

Relief

56 m

Mean slope

2.1°

Flat share

87.0%

South-facing

3.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 56 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

9.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'100

Per inhabitant

10'534 kWh/yr

9 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

27.81 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

27.81 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

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Faoug →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

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

0.55 %

Second homes

23.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

545

Built before 194636.3%

Built since 200128.1%

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

0.55 %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

184

Workplaces

Services share

59.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 37 (20.1%) · Secondary 38 (20.7%) · Tertiary 109 (59.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

158 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 66 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 93/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5458

Head of governmentMartine Herrmann

Websitefaoug.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye-Vully

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Faoug ranks

Largest municipalities899 #153 VD · #1523 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #159 VD · #1135 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #141 VD · #980 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #211 VD · #1788 CH Families & children17.7% #282 VD · #1716 CH Age structure18.7% #116 VD · #1509 CH Women share51.1% #86 VD · #361 CH Foreign residents23.9% #114 VD · #601 CH Population density156/km² #139 VD · #1196 CH Tax burden15'822 #78 VD · #1188 CH Taxes65% #75 VD Warmest municipalities10.4 °C #85 VD · #253 CH Sunniest municipalities42.2% #299 VD · #1097 CH Rainiest municipalities975 mm #228 VD · #1736 CH Voter turnout53% #269 VD · #1474 CH SVP strongholds24.9% #143 VD · #1563 CH SP strongholds22.7% #115 VD · #288 CH Centre strongholds11.8% #5 VD · #1051 CH FDP strongholds17.6% #240 VD · #606 CH GLP strongholds8.5% #105 VD · #512 CH Green strongholds10.3% #189 VD · #532 CH Largest by area5.8 km² #147 VD · #1429 CH Highest municipalities477 m #212 VD · #1338 CH Second homes23.4% #16 VD · #305 CH Organic farming0% #199 VD · #1948 CH Best-connected municipalities66 min #204 VD · #972 CH Remotest municipalities66 min #93 VD · #1149 CH Highest peaks485 m #264 VD · #1931 CH Highest-lying municipalities441 m #259 VD · #1792 CH Greatest vertical range56 m #286 VD · #2021 CH Steepest municipalities2.1° #263 VD · #1996 CH Solar potential9 GWh #156 VD · #1589 CH Solar potential per capita10'534 kWh #155 VD · #977 CH Cheapest electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #8 VD · #1215 CH Most expensive electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #284 VD · #883 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1595

Faoug

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Faoug1595

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Faoug?: The postal code of Faoug is 1595.
What is the tax rate in Faoug?: The municipal tax multiplier of Faoug is 65% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Faoug?: A single person without children pays about 15'822 CHF income tax in Faoug on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Faoug have?: Faoug has 899 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Faoug?: Faoug has 215 foreign residents, a share of 23.92% (2025).

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