What is the postal code of Fontaines-sur-Grandson?

Fontaines-sur-Grandson has 2 postal codes: 1421, 1453.

What is the tax rate in Fontaines-sur-Grandson?

The municipal tax multiplier of Fontaines-sur-Grandson is 72% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Fontaines-sur-Grandson?

A single person without children pays about 16'298 CHF income tax in Fontaines-sur-Grandson on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 183 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Fontaines-sur-Grandson have?

Fontaines-sur-Grandson has 228 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Fontaines-sur-Grandson?

Fontaines-sur-Grandson has 28 foreign residents, a share of 12.28% (2025).

Fontaines-sur-Grandson (VD): Postal Codes 1421

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

121 53.1%

Men

107 46.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

52 22.8%

Swiss citizens

200 87.7%

Foreign residents

28 12.3%

Population density

29 pop./km²

0–19 · 52 · 22.8%20–64 · 147 · 64.5%65+ · 29 · 12.7%

Foreign residents 12.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +9 (+4.1%) · 2 births · 0 deaths · net migration +7

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 Fontaines-sur-Grandson

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 23.6% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 31.3% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 51.4% Yes

66.7% YesNo 33.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.7% Yes

60.5% YesNo 39.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 41.7% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.1%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 42.7% Yes

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 47.0% Yes

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 45.8% Yes

40.0% YesNo 60.0%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.9% Yes

38.7% YesNo 61.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 64.5% Yes

78.0% YesNo 22.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.5% · strongest party

SVP39.5%

GRÜNE20.1%

SP17.4%

FDP12.1%

GLP3.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier72%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

72%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 184 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'298 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 183 of 300 in the canton · 1451 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:16'298 CHF(~16.3%)

Fontaines-sur-GrandsonCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Fontaines-sur-Grandson	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.3%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.4%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.2%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.7%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'486 mm

6.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'475 m

Mean elevation

1'043 m

Relief

990 m

Mean slope

12.1°

Flat share

23.8%

South-facing

43.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 990 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

2.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

600

Per inhabitant

12'237 kWh/yr

3 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

28.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

28.59 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Fontaines-sur-Grandson →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

0.98 %

Second homes

6.9 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

102

Built before 194668.6%

Built since 200121.6%

0.98 %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

23

Workplaces

12

Services share

39.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 14 (60.9%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 9 (39.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

6

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

237 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 83 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 34/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5557

Head of governmentKurt Peterhans

Websitefontaines-sur-grandson.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Fontaines-sur-Grandson ranks

35

Largest municipalities228 #275 VD · #2012 CH Growing municipalities4.1% #17 VD · #89 CH Shrinking municipalities4.1% #283 VD · #2019 CH Jobs per resident0.1 #294 VD · #2089 CH Families & children22.8% #135 VD · #356 CH Age structure12.7% #288 VD · #2089 CH Women share53.1% #10 VD · #34 CH Foreign residents12.3% #257 VD · #1517 CH Population density29/km² #290 VD · #1907 CH Tax burden16'298 #183 VD · #1451 CH Taxes72% #184 VD Warmest municipalities6.6 °C #278 VD · #1889 CH Sunniest municipalities44% #228 VD · #843 CH Rainiest municipalities1'486 mm #22 VD · #257 CH Voter turnout58% #206 VD · #827 CH SVP strongholds39.5% #19 VD · #691 CH SP strongholds17.4% #215 VD · #702 CH Centre strongholds3.2% #257 VD · #1976 CH FDP strongholds12.1% #291 VD · #1148 CH GLP strongholds3.7% #259 VD · #1464 CH Green strongholds20.1% #6 VD · #20 CH Largest by area7.9 km² #111 VD · #1154 CH Highest municipalities563 m #153 VD · #958 CH Second homes6.9% #262 VD · #1850 CH Organic farming33.3% #28 VD · #277 CH Best-connected municipalities83 min #268 VD · #1421 CH Remotest municipalities83 min #34 VD · #706 CH Highest peaks1'475 m #38 VD · #469 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'043 m #33 VD · #387 CH Greatest vertical range990 m #26 VD · #449 CH Steepest municipalities12.1° #36 VD · #768 CH Solar potential3 GWh #285 VD · #2052 CH Solar potential per capita12'237 kWh #114 VD · #728 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #154 VD · #1452 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #103 VD · #611 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

1421

Fontaines-sur-Grandson

1453

Mauborget

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Fontaines-sur-Grandson1421 Mauborget1453

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Fontaines-sur-Grandson?: Fontaines-sur-Grandson has 2 postal codes: 1421, 1453.
What is the tax rate in Fontaines-sur-Grandson?: The municipal tax multiplier of Fontaines-sur-Grandson is 72% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Fontaines-sur-Grandson?: A single person without children pays about 16'298 CHF income tax in Fontaines-sur-Grandson on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 183 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Fontaines-sur-Grandson have?: Fontaines-sur-Grandson has 228 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Fontaines-sur-Grandson?: Fontaines-sur-Grandson has 28 foreign residents, a share of 12.28% (2025).

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