What is the postal code of Galgenen?

Galgenen has 2 postal codes: 8853, 8854.

What is the tax rate in Galgenen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Galgenen is 155% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Galgenen?

A single person without children pays about 7'665 CHF income tax in Galgenen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Galgenen have?

Galgenen has 5'506 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Galgenen?

Galgenen has 1'249 foreign residents, a share of 22.68% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk March

Galgenen

8853–8854

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'696 49.0%

Men

2'810 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'101 20.0%

Swiss citizens

4'257 77.3%

Foreign residents

1'249 22.7%

Population density

415 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'101 · 20.0%20–64 · 3'415 · 62.0%65+ · 990 · 18.0%

Foreign residents 22.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +43 (+0.8%) · 52 births · 43 deaths · net migration +38

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 Galgenen

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 March: 19.1% Yes

20.1% YesNo 79.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 41.3% Yes

45.4% YesNo 54.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 62.5% Yes

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 64.6% Yes

66.8% YesNo 33.2%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 43.2% Yes

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 37.3% Yes

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

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 March: 14.7% Yes

15.5% YesNo 84.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 50.2% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 46.8% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 69.6% Yes

65.1% YesNo 34.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.1% · strongest party

SVP41.1%

FDP19.6%

Mitte14.1%

SP11.9%

Übrige6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier155%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

155%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 16 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

7'665 CHF(7.7%)

Rank 14 of 30 in the canton · 25 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 7'665 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Freienbach 5'617 CHF · most expensive Illgau 8'565 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:7'665 CHF(~7.7%)

GalgenenCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Galgenen	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.5%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	3.9%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	4.9%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5.7%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.3%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	6.9%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	7.7%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.3%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	8.9%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.4%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	9.9%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.4%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	11.5%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	12.5%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	13.4%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.2%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	14.9%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	15.4%	12.6–16.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'428 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'277 m

Mean elevation

706 m

Relief

861 m

Mean slope

14.3°

Flat share

26.2%

South-facing

1.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 861 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

34.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

46.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'600

Per inhabitant

6'250 kWh/yr

34 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

30.49 Rp./kWh

Energy

15.27 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.88 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.6 Rp./kWh

30.49 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Gemeinde Galgenen, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 300521 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Galgenen →Canton Schwyz →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Schwyz (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

0.42 %

Second homes

7.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'597

Built before 194615.0%

Built since 200135.0%

0.42 %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

1'380

Workplaces

370

Services share

71 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 146 (10.6%) · Secondary 254 (18.4%) · Tertiary 980 (71.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.8 %

Farmland

587 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 73 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 22/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1342

Websitegalgenen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk March

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Galgenen ranks

Largest municipalities5'506 #13 SZ · #384 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #14 SZ · #909 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #17 SZ · #1199 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #25 SZ · #1522 CH Families & children20% #11 SZ · #1139 CH Age structure18% #22 SZ · #1643 CH Women share49% #10 SZ · #1507 CH Foreign residents22.7% #13 SZ · #671 CH Population density415/km² #6 SZ · #590 CH Tax burden7'665 #15 SZ · #26 CH Taxes155% #16 SZ Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #3 SZ · #318 CH Sunniest municipalities43.8% #19 SZ · #870 CH Rainiest municipalities1'428 mm #21 SZ · #318 CH Voter turnout58.4% #23 SZ · #782 CH Against Switzerland27.7% #11 SZ · #111 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.3% #14 SZ · #1341 CH SVP strongholds41.1% #14 SZ · #613 CH SP strongholds11.9% #7 SZ · #1300 CH Centre strongholds14.1% #19 SZ · #892 CH FDP strongholds19.6% #10 SZ · #480 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #8 SZ · #1504 CH Green strongholds2.5% #11 SZ · #1921 CH Largest by area13.3 km² #21 SZ · #734 CH Highest municipalities425 m #25 SZ · #1740 CH Second homes7.6% #27 SZ · #1705 CH Organic farming9.8% #17 SZ · #1243 CH Best-connected municipalities73 min #8 SZ · #1181 CH Remotest municipalities73 min #22 SZ · #926 CH Highest peaks1'277 m #23 SZ · #565 CH Highest-lying municipalities706 m #22 SZ · #752 CH Greatest vertical range861 m #20 SZ · #482 CH Steepest municipalities14.3° #21 SZ · #610 CH Solar potential34 GWh #13 SZ · #580 CH Solar potential per capita6'250 kWh #20 SZ · #1795 CH Cheapest electricity30.49 Rp./kWh #22 SZ · #1842 CH Most expensive electricity30.49 Rp./kWh #9 SZ · #265 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Galgenen8854 Lachen SZ8853 Siebnen8854

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Galgenen?: Galgenen has 2 postal codes: 8853, 8854.
What is the tax rate in Galgenen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Galgenen is 155% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Galgenen?: A single person without children pays about 7'665 CHF income tax in Galgenen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Galgenen have?: Galgenen has 5'506 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Galgenen?: Galgenen has 1'249 foreign residents, a share of 22.68% (2025).

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