What is the postal code of Gimel?

The postal code of Gimel is 1188.

What is the tax rate in Gimel?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gimel is 73% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Gimel?

A single person without children pays about 16'355 CHF income tax in Gimel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 195 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gimel have?

Gimel has 2'463 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gimel?

Gimel has 689 foreign residents, a share of 27.97% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Morges

Gimel

1188

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'262 51.2%

Men

1'201 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

598 24.3%

Swiss citizens

1'774 72.0%

Foreign residents

689 28.0%

Population density

130 pop./km²

0–19 · 598 · 24.3%20–64 · 1'439 · 58.4%65+ · 426 · 17.3%

Foreign residents 28.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +6 (+0.2%) · 11 births · 18 deaths · net migration +14

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 Gimel

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 Morges: 22.8% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Morges: 25.7% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

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 Morges: 54.3% Yes

57.6% YesNo 42.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Morges: 47.9% Yes

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Morges: 35.6% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 39.0% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Morges: 49.2% Yes

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

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 Morges: 42.3% Yes

43.1% YesNo 56.9%

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 Morges: 44.7% Yes

46.8% YesNo 53.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 67.4% Yes

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.9% · strongest party

SVP26.9%

SP21.9%

FDP21.1%

GRÜNE12.0%

GLP7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier73%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

73%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 202 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'355 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 195 of 300 in the canton · 1473 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:16'355 CHF(~16.4%)

GimelCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gimel	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	13.5%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.1%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.8%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.8%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.7%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.7%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'236 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'495 m

Mean elevation

983 m

Relief

824 m

Mean slope

9.1°

Flat share

31.5%

South-facing

34.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 824 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

18.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'100

Per inhabitant

7'446 kWh/yr

18 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

1 %

Second homes

6.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

1'096

Built before 194628.2%

Built since 200134.6%

1 %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

538

Workplaces

148

Services share

68.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 62 (11.5%) · Secondary 107 (19.9%) · Tertiary 369 (68.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

613 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 64 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 64 min · Car 38 min

Remoteness 101/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5428

Head of governmentSylvie Judas

Websitegimel.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Morges

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gimel ranks

Largest municipalities2'463 #75 VD · #857 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #175 VD · #1265 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #126 VD · #847 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #191 VD · #1695 CH Families & children24.3% #65 VD · #137 CH Age structure17.3% #162 VD · #1733 CH Women share51.2% #80 VD · #324 CH Foreign residents28% #74 VD · #403 CH Population density130/km² #153 VD · #1314 CH Tax burden16'355 #199 VD · #1478 CH Taxes73% #202 VD Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #218 VD · #1173 CH Sunniest municipalities46.2% #105 VD · #540 CH Rainiest municipalities1'236 mm #73 VD · #615 CH Voter turnout51.1% #278 VD · #1690 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #113 VD · #945 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #19 VD · #543 CH SVP strongholds26.9% #114 VD · #1463 CH SP strongholds21.9% #124 VD · #332 CH Centre strongholds4.8% #133 VD · #1808 CH FDP strongholds21.1% #181 VD · #383 CH GLP strongholds7% #153 VD · #764 CH Green strongholds12% #129 VD · #345 CH Largest by area18.9 km² #44 VD · #508 CH Highest municipalities730 m #65 VD · #541 CH Second homes6.3% #276 VD · #1935 CH Organic farming0% #193 VD · #1942 CH Best-connected municipalities64 min #196 VD · #917 CH Remotest municipalities64 min #101 VD · #1210 CH Highest peaks1'495 m #33 VD · #458 CH Highest-lying municipalities983 m #39 VD · #430 CH Greatest vertical range824 m #42 VD · #499 CH Steepest municipalities9.1° #74 VD · #1008 CH Solar potential18 GWh #89 VD · #1089 CH Solar potential per capita7'446 kWh #243 VD · #1579 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #121 VD · #1419 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #70 VD · #578 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1188

Gimel

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Gimel1188

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gimel?: The postal code of Gimel is 1188.
What is the tax rate in Gimel?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gimel is 73% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Gimel?: A single person without children pays about 16'355 CHF income tax in Gimel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 195 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gimel have?: Gimel has 2'463 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gimel?: Gimel has 689 foreign residents, a share of 27.97% (2025).

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