What is the postal code of Gordola?

The postal code of Gordola is 6596.

What is the tax rate in Gordola?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gordola is 88% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Gordola?

A single person without children pays about 14'206 CHF income tax in Gordola on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 59 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gordola have?

Gordola has 4'877 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gordola?

Gordola has 976 foreign residents, a share of 20.01% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Locarno

Gordola

6596

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'451 50.3%

Men

2'426 49.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

852 17.5%

Swiss citizens

3'901 80.0%

Foreign residents

976 20.0%

Population density

702 pop./km²

0–19 · 852 · 17.5%20–64 · 2'831 · 58.0%65+ · 1'194 · 24.5%

Foreign residents 20.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +46 (+1%) · 29 births · 41 deaths · net migration +66

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 Gordola

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 Distretto di Locarno: 32.4% Yes

27.2% YesNo 72.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 45.4% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.4% Yes

56.7% YesNo 43.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 49.3% Yes

54.1% YesNo 45.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 71.2% Yes

76.1% YesNo 23.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 31.4% Yes

23.4% YesNo 76.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.8% Yes

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

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 Distretto di Locarno: 29.1% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.0% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.7% Yes

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte25.2% · strongest party

Mitte25.2%

SVP15.5%

FDP15.3%

SP15.3%

Lega11.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier88%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

88%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 61 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'206 CHF(14.2%)

Rank 59 of 100 in the canton · 865 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'206 CHF(~14.2%)

GordolaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gordola	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.6%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	6.9%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.9%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.5%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	11.9%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.2%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.2%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.2%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	17.9%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.7%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.5%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.3%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.4%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.4%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.3%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.6 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)10.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'764 mm

8.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'183 m

Mean elevation

542 m

Relief

990 m

Mean slope

24.9°

Flat share

18.5%

South-facing

44.1%

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

45 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

65.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'000

Per inhabitant

9'223 kWh/yr

45 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 300683 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Gordola →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

0.86 %

Second homes

29.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

3'152

Built before 194619.8%

Built since 200126.0%

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

0.86 %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

1'650

Workplaces

366

Services share

74.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 49 (3.0%) · Secondary 378 (22.9%) · Tertiary 1'223 (74.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

66 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 36 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 63/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5108

Websitegordola.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Locarno

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gordola ranks

Largest municipalities4'877 #15 TI · #449 CH Growing municipalities1% #23 TI · #837 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #79 TI · #1277 CH Jobs per resident0.34 #66 TI · #1108 CH Families & children17.5% #40 TI · #1747 CH Age structure24.5% #56 TI · #463 CH Women share50.3% #64 TI · #749 CH Foreign residents20% #61 TI · #866 CH Population density702/km² #30 TI · #356 CH Tax burden14'206 #61 TI · #868 CH Taxes88% #61 TI Warmest municipalities8.6 °C #74 TI · #1548 CH Sunniest municipalities54.6% #65 TI · #102 CH Rainiest municipalities1'764 mm #50 TI · #94 CH Voter turnout53.8% #68 TI · #1387 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #49 TI · #425 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #19 TI · #1046 CH SVP strongholds15.5% #51 TI · #1976 CH SP strongholds15.3% #9 TI · #919 CH Centre strongholds25.2% #14 TI · #353 CH FDP strongholds15.3% #85 TI · #797 CH GLP strongholds1.4% #46 TI · #1877 CH Green strongholds7.9% #60 TI · #902 CH Largest by area7 km² #52 TI · #1266 CH Highest municipalities602 m #24 TI · #817 CH Second homes29.2% #51 TI · #264 CH Organic farming14.3% #35 TI · #941 CH Best-connected municipalities36 min #37 TI · #176 CH Remotest municipalities36 min #63 TI · #1940 CH Highest peaks1'183 m #54 TI · #621 CH Highest-lying municipalities542 m #52 TI · #1249 CH Greatest vertical range990 m #54 TI · #448 CH Steepest municipalities24.9° #41 TI · #261 CH Solar potential45 GWh #18 TI · #392 CH Solar potential per capita9'223 kWh #67 TI · #1215 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #71 TI · #1560 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #16 TI · #533 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6596

Gordola

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Gordola6596

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gordola?: The postal code of Gordola is 6596.
What is the tax rate in Gordola?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gordola is 88% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Gordola?: A single person without children pays about 14'206 CHF income tax in Gordola on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 59 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gordola have?: Gordola has 4'877 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gordola?: Gordola has 976 foreign residents, a share of 20.01% (2025).

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