What is the postal code of Giez?

The postal code of Giez is 1429.

What is the tax rate in Giez?

The municipal tax multiplier of Giez is 69% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Giez?

A single person without children pays about 16'089 CHF income tax in Giez on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many foreign residents live in Giez?

Giez has 58 foreign residents, a share of 12.58% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Giez

1429

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

217 47.1%

Men

244 52.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

100 21.7%

Swiss citizens

403 87.4%

Foreign residents

58 12.6%

Population density

97 pop./km²

0–19 · 100 · 21.7%20–64 · 275 · 59.7%65+ · 86 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 12.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −3 (−0.7%) · 9 births · 3 deaths · net migration −9

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 Giez

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

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

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

31.9% YesNo 68.2%

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

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

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

50.5% YesNo 49.5%

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

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

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

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

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

51.9% YesNo 48.1%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 45.8% Yes

38.7% YesNo 61.3%

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

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

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

67.0% YesNo 33.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP22.5% · strongest party

FDP22.5%

SVP21.9%

SP18.0%

GRÜNE10.0%

GLP10.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier69%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

69%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 121 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'089 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 120 of 300 in the canton · 1318 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:16'089 CHF(~16.1%)

GiezCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Giez	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.1%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.5%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'024 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

617 m

Mean elevation

547 m

Relief

148 m

Mean slope

6.3°

Flat share

58.4%

South-facing

18.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 148 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

5.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'200

Per inhabitant

11'410 kWh/yr

5 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

28.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.92 Rp./kWh

28.89 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Giez →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

0.92 %

Second homes

12.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

217

Built before 194643.3%

Built since 200111.1%

0.92 %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

Workplaces

Services share

28.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 25 (26.6%) · Secondary 42 (44.7%) · Tertiary 27 (28.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

308 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 82 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 35/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5559

Head of governmentJean-François Jeannin

Websitegiez.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Giez ranks

Largest municipalities461 #222 VD · #1839 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #224 VD · #1702 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #77 VD · #407 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #213 VD · #1790 CH Families & children21.7% #198 VD · #617 CH Age structure18.7% #118 VD · #1511 CH Women share47.1% #291 VD · #2006 CH Foreign residents12.6% #252 VD · #1489 CH Population density97/km² #188 VD · #1493 CH Tax burden16'089 #124 VD · #1322 CH Taxes69% #121 VD Warmest municipalities10 °C #137 VD · #556 CH Sunniest municipalities44% #229 VD · #844 CH Rainiest municipalities1'024 mm #180 VD · #1522 CH Voter turnout64.4% #87 VD · #233 CH SVP strongholds21.9% #185 VD · #1702 CH SP strongholds18% #201 VD · #627 CH Centre strongholds8.5% #19 VD · #1375 CH FDP strongholds22.5% #157 VD · #325 CH GLP strongholds10% #64 VD · #323 CH Green strongholds10% #196 VD · #582 CH Largest by area4.8 km² #176 VD · #1579 CH Highest municipalities529 m #174 VD · #1085 CH Second homes12.4% #99 VD · #847 CH Organic farming0% #216 VD · #1965 CH Best-connected municipalities82 min #265 VD · #1399 CH Remotest municipalities82 min #35 VD · #730 CH Highest peaks617 m #190 VD · #1471 CH Highest-lying municipalities547 m #180 VD · #1227 CH Greatest vertical range148 m #181 VD · #1602 CH Steepest municipalities6.3° #128 VD · #1352 CH Solar potential5 GWh #235 VD · #1889 CH Solar potential per capita11'410 kWh #134 VD · #844 CH Cheapest electricity28.89 Rp./kWh #250 VD · #1606 CH Most expensive electricity28.89 Rp./kWh #53 VD · #503 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1429

Giez

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Giez1429

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Valeyres-sous-Montagny

Montagny-près-Yverdon

VD · 2.3 km

Novalles

VD · 2.4 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Giez?: The postal code of Giez is 1429.
What is the tax rate in Giez?: The municipal tax multiplier of Giez is 69% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Giez?: A single person without children pays about 16'089 CHF income tax in Giez on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Giez have?: Giez has 461 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Giez?: Giez has 58 foreign residents, a share of 12.58% (2025).

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