What is the postal code of Grandson?

The postal code of Grandson is 1422.

What is the tax rate in Grandson?

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

How much tax do you pay in Grandson?

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

How many residents does Grandson have?

Grandson has 3'390 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Grandson?

Grandson has 678 foreign residents, a share of 20% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Grandson

1422

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'708 50.4%

Men

1'682 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

673 19.9%

Swiss citizens

2'712 80.0%

Foreign residents

678 20.0%

Population density

246 pop./km²

0–19 · 673 · 19.9%20–64 · 2'043 · 60.3%65+ · 674 · 19.9%

Foreign residents 20.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 24 births · 25 deaths · net migration +4

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 Grandson

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

23.5% YesNo 76.5%

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

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

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

54.5% YesNo 45.6%

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

49.4% YesNo 50.6%

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

35.4% YesNo 64.6%

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

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

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

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

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

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

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

70.4% YesNo 29.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP26.5% · strongest party

FDP26.5%

SP24.1%

SVP19.7%

GRÜNE14.2%

GLP5.6%

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 131 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%)

GrandsonCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Grandson	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020933 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

543 m

Mean elevation

451 m

Relief

114 m

Mean slope

2.3°

Flat share

85.5%

South-facing

6.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 114 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

27.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

37.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'200

Per inhabitant

8'195 kWh/yr

28 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 Grandson →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

0.34 %

Second homes

14 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

1'766

Built before 194635.7%

Built since 200120.2%

0.34 %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

1'681

Workplaces

230

Services share

80.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 13 (0.8%) · Secondary 312 (18.6%) · Tertiary 1'356 (80.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

229 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 52 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 160/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5561

Head of governmentFrançois Payot

Websitegrandson.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Grandson ranks

Largest municipalities3'390 #55 VD · #653 CH Growing municipalities0% #191 VD · #1432 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #113 VD · #706 CH Jobs per resident0.5 #64 VD · #546 CH Families & children19.9% #253 VD · #1193 CH Age structure19.9% #78 VD · #1272 CH Women share50.4% #128 VD · #706 CH Foreign residents20% #152 VD · #868 CH Population density246/km² #99 VD · #901 CH Tax burden16'089 #125 VD · #1323 CH Taxes69% #131 VD Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #113 VD · #367 CH Sunniest municipalities43.9% #237 VD · #858 CH Rainiest municipalities933 mm #269 VD · #1862 CH Voter turnout54.3% #262 VD · #1322 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #76 VD · #801 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #61 VD · #692 CH SVP strongholds19.7% #221 VD · #1799 CH SP strongholds24.1% #87 VD · #211 CH Centre strongholds3.6% #238 VD · #1951 CH FDP strongholds26.5% #84 VD · #175 CH GLP strongholds5.6% #211 VD · #1070 CH Green strongholds14.2% #54 VD · #173 CH Largest by area13.8 km² #65 VD · #710 CH Highest municipalities490 m #201 VD · #1262 CH Second homes14% #75 VD · #676 CH Organic farming0% #218 VD · #1967 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #137 VD · #539 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #160 VD · #1589 CH Highest peaks543 m #232 VD · #1747 CH Highest-lying municipalities451 m #250 VD · #1716 CH Greatest vertical range114 m #213 VD · #1769 CH Steepest municipalities2.3° #259 VD · #1980 CH Solar potential28 GWh #60 VD · #740 CH Solar potential per capita8'195 kWh #222 VD · #1423 CH Cheapest electricity28.89 Rp./kWh #251 VD · #1607 CH Most expensive electricity28.89 Rp./kWh #54 VD · #504 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1422

Grandson

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Grandson1422

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Giez

VD · 1.8 km

Valeyres-sous-Montagny

VD · 2.3 km

Montagny-près-Yverdon

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Grandson?: The postal code of Grandson is 1422.
What is the tax rate in Grandson?: The municipal tax multiplier of Grandson is 69% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Grandson?: A single person without children pays about 16'089 CHF income tax in Grandson on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Grandson have?: Grandson has 3'390 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Grandson?: Grandson has 678 foreign residents, a share of 20% (2025).

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