What is the postal code of Grandcour?

The postal code of Grandcour is 1543.

What is the tax rate in Grandcour?

The municipal tax multiplier of Grandcour is 72% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Grandcour?

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

How many residents does Grandcour have?

Grandcour has 970 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Grandcour?

Grandcour has 178 foreign residents, a share of 18.35% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Broye-Vully

Grandcour

1543

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

474 48.9%

Men

496 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

237 24.4%

Swiss citizens

792 81.7%

Foreign residents

178 18.4%

Population density

95 pop./km²

0–19 · 237 · 24.4%20–64 · 553 · 57.0%65+ · 180 · 18.6%

Foreign residents 18.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−0.6%) · 3 births · 9 deaths · net migration +2

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 Grandcour

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 la Broye-Vully: 18.6% Yes

12.0% YesNo 88.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 32.5% Yes

34.8% YesNo 65.2%

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 de la Broye-Vully: 58.7% Yes

55.1% YesNo 45.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 56.8% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 49.9% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 35.1% Yes

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 50.9% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

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 la Broye-Vully: 38.1% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

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 la Broye-Vully: 41.6% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 62.0% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.5% · strongest party

SVP30.5%

FDP28.7%

SP16.0%

Mitte7.5%

GRÜNE6.3%

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 176 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%)

GrandcourCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Grandcour	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020955 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

508 m

Mean elevation

469 m

Relief

70 m

Mean slope

2.3°

Flat share

93.2%

South-facing

3.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 70 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

17.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'800

Per inhabitant

17'588 kWh/yr

17 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

27.81 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

27.81 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Groupe E 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 Grandcour →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

1.07 %

Second homes

11.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

467

Built before 194644.3%

Built since 200121.6%

1.07 %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

253

Workplaces

Services share

41.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 66 (26.1%) · Secondary 83 (32.8%) · Tertiary 104 (41.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15 %

Farmland

756 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 97 min · Car 42 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 11/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5817

Head of governmentPhilippe Mayor

Websitegrandcour.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye-Vully

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Grandcour ranks

Largest municipalities970 #144 VD · #1473 CH Growing municipalities-0.6% #221 VD · #1691 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.6% #80 VD · #422 CH Jobs per resident0.26 #165 VD · #1493 CH Families & children24.4% #64 VD · #133 CH Age structure18.6% #127 VD · #1538 CH Women share48.9% #236 VD · #1575 CH Foreign residents18.4% #177 VD · #1006 CH Population density95/km² #192 VD · #1508 CH Tax burden16'298 #184 VD · #1452 CH Taxes72% #176 VD Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #131 VD · #456 CH Sunniest municipalities43.3% #284 VD · #971 CH Rainiest municipalities955 mm #250 VD · #1802 CH Voter turnout56.5% #237 VD · #1026 CH SVP strongholds30.5% #80 VD · #1242 CH SP strongholds16% #243 VD · #840 CH Centre strongholds7.5% #34 VD · #1510 CH FDP strongholds28.7% #57 VD · #117 CH GLP strongholds5.6% #212 VD · #1071 CH Green strongholds6.3% #274 VD · #1274 CH Largest by area10.2 km² #87 VD · #952 CH Highest municipalities484 m #203 VD · #1294 CH Second homes11.5% #125 VD · #973 CH Organic farming15% #108 VD · #884 CH Best-connected municipalities97 min #290 VD · #1670 CH Remotest municipalities97 min #11 VD · #443 CH Highest peaks508 m #251 VD · #1848 CH Highest-lying municipalities469 m #230 VD · #1604 CH Greatest vertical range70 m #267 VD · #1971 CH Steepest municipalities2.3° #261 VD · #1982 CH Solar potential17 GWh #98 VD · #1142 CH Solar potential per capita17'588 kWh #44 VD · #276 CH Cheapest electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #13 VD · #1220 CH Most expensive electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #289 VD · #888 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1543

Grandcour

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Grandcour1543

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Grandcour?: The postal code of Grandcour is 1543.
What is the tax rate in Grandcour?: The municipal tax multiplier of Grandcour is 72% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Grandcour?: A single person without children pays about 16'298 CHF income tax in Grandcour on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 183 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Grandcour have?: Grandcour has 970 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Grandcour?: Grandcour has 178 foreign residents, a share of 18.35% (2025).

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