What is the postal code of Grandevent?

Grandevent has 2 postal codes: 1421, 1453.

What is the tax rate in Grandevent?

The municipal tax multiplier of Grandevent is 71% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Grandevent?

A single person without children pays about 16'222 CHF income tax in Grandevent on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 161 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Grandevent have?

Grandevent has 241 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Grandevent?

Grandevent has 45 foreign residents, a share of 18.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Grandevent

1421–1453

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

120 49.8%

Men

121 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

54 22.4%

Swiss citizens

196 81.3%

Foreign residents

45 18.7%

Population density

70 pop./km²

0–19 · 54 · 22.4%20–64 · 143 · 59.3%65+ · 44 · 18.3%

Foreign residents 18.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 2 births · 1 deaths · net migration −1

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 Grandevent

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

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

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

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

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

46.8% YesNo 53.2%

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

45.6% YesNo 54.4%

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

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

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

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

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

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 45.8% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

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

50.5% YesNo 49.5%

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

70.8% YesNo 29.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP23.8% · strongest party

SVP23.8%

SP20.4%

GRÜNE19.6%

FDP16.5%

Mitte5.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier71%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

71%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 169 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'222 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 161 of 300 in the canton · 1398 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:16'222 CHF(~16.2%)

GrandeventCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Grandevent	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.2%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.6%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.2%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'485 mm

6.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'393 m

Mean elevation

995 m

Relief

806 m

Mean slope

15.2°

Flat share

9.7%

South-facing

72.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 806 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

3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

4.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

700

Per inhabitant

12'448 kWh/yr

3 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

27.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

27.89 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 Grandevent →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

2.61 %

Second homes

16.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

115

Built before 194633.0%

Built since 200120.0%

2.61 %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

50 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 12 (50.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

85 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 84 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 28/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5560

Head of governmentClaude Alain Briod

Websitegrandevent.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Grandevent ranks

Largest municipalities241 #270 VD · #2000 CH Growing municipalities0% #190 VD · #1431 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #112 VD · #705 CH Jobs per resident0.1 #295 VD · #2090 CH Families & children22.4% #160 VD · #454 CH Age structure18.3% #136 VD · #1594 CH Women share49.8% #183 VD · #1088 CH Foreign residents18.7% #172 VD · #976 CH Population density70/km² #227 VD · #1647 CH Tax burden16'222 #165 VD · #1402 CH Taxes71% #169 VD Warmest municipalities6.3 °C #289 VD · #1923 CH Sunniest municipalities43.8% #241 VD · #878 CH Rainiest municipalities1'485 mm #24 VD · #259 CH Voter turnout69.9% #24 VD · #61 CH SVP strongholds23.8% #159 VD · #1614 CH SP strongholds20.4% #159 VD · #440 CH Centre strongholds5.6% #95 VD · #1729 CH FDP strongholds16.5% #253 VD · #703 CH GLP strongholds3.6% #262 VD · #1482 CH Green strongholds19.6% #10 VD · #26 CH Largest by area3.4 km² #225 VD · #1813 CH Highest municipalities665 m #89 VD · #662 CH Second homes16.5% #39 VD · #478 CH Organic farming0% #217 VD · #1966 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #272 VD · #1440 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #28 VD · #682 CH Highest peaks1'393 m #50 VD · #505 CH Highest-lying municipalities995 m #37 VD · #421 CH Greatest vertical range806 m #44 VD · #508 CH Steepest municipalities15.2° #21 VD · #579 CH Solar potential3 GWh #281 VD · #2044 CH Solar potential per capita12'448 kWh #111 VD · #701 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #43 VD · #1256 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #214 VD · #807 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Grandevent1421 Mauborget1453

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Fontaines-sur-Grandson

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Grandevent?: Grandevent has 2 postal codes: 1421, 1453.
What is the tax rate in Grandevent?: The municipal tax multiplier of Grandevent is 71% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Grandevent?: A single person without children pays about 16'222 CHF income tax in Grandevent on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 161 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Grandevent have?: Grandevent has 241 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Grandevent?: Grandevent has 45 foreign residents, a share of 18.67% (2025).

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