What is the postal code of Grens?

The postal code of Grens is 1274.

What is the tax rate in Grens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Grens is 60% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Grens?

A single person without children pays about 15'490 CHF income tax in Grens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Grens have?

Grens has 411 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Grens?

Grens has 87 foreign residents, a share of 21.17% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Nyon

Grens

1274

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

211 51.3%

Men

200 48.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

93 22.6%

Swiss citizens

324 78.8%

Foreign residents

87 21.2%

Population density

161 pop./km²

0–19 · 93 · 22.6%20–64 · 256 · 62.3%65+ · 62 · 15.1%

Foreign residents 21.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +20 (+5.1%) · 4 births · 1 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 Grens

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 Nyon: 23.1% Yes

23.9% YesNo 76.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 27.6% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

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 Nyon: 61.6% Yes

58.3% YesNo 41.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 50.7% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 34.4% Yes

32.3% YesNo 67.7%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 37.7% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.8%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 51.5% Yes

57.7% YesNo 42.3%

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 Nyon: 39.9% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

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 Nyon: 42.9% Yes

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 67.8% Yes

64.1% YesNo 35.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP21.2% · strongest party

SVP21.2%

SP20.8%

FDP20.0%

GRÜNE12.5%

Übrige9.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier60%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

60%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 32 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'490 CHF(15.5%)

Rank 31 of 300 in the canton · 1094 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:15'490 CHF(~15.5%)

GrensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Grens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	3.9%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.3%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.7%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	12.7%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	13.7%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.4%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.5%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.4%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.3%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.1%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	19.7%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	21.7%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.3%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.2%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.4%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.4%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'075 mm

10.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

514 m

Mean elevation

496 m

Relief

40 m

Mean slope

2.1°

Flat share

95.3%

South-facing

2.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 40 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

3.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

900

Per inhabitant

9'465 kWh/yr

4 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 Grens →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

2.45 %

Second homes

6.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

163

Built before 194633.7%

Built since 200120.9%

2.45 %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

363

Workplaces

Services share

13.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 35 (9.6%) · Secondary 279 (76.9%) · Tertiary 49 (13.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

275 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 32 min

Remoteness 213/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5722

Head of governmentKurt Möhr

Websitegrens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Nyon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Grens ranks

Largest municipalities411 #235 VD · #1881 CH Growing municipalities5.1% #10 VD · #48 CH Shrinking municipalities5.1% #292 VD · #2063 CH Jobs per resident0.88 #22 VD · #123 CH Families & children22.6% #146 VD · #403 CH Age structure15.1% #244 VD · #1985 CH Women share51.3% #76 VD · #294 CH Foreign residents21.2% #141 VD · #768 CH Population density161/km² #135 VD · #1158 CH Tax burden15'490 #34 VD · #1097 CH Taxes60% #32 VD Warmest municipalities10.5 °C #76 VD · #230 CH Sunniest municipalities46.4% #100 VD · #526 CH Rainiest municipalities1'075 mm #139 VD · #1251 CH Voter turnout69.6% #27 VD · #70 CH SVP strongholds21.2% #199 VD · #1733 CH SP strongholds20.8% #150 VD · #409 CH Centre strongholds6.6% #54 VD · #1623 CH FDP strongholds20% #209 VD · #451 CH GLP strongholds3.1% #278 VD · #1575 CH Green strongholds12.5% #107 VD · #297 CH Largest by area2.6 km² #262 VD · #1935 CH Highest municipalities496 m #194 VD · #1231 CH Second homes6.6% #272 VD · #1898 CH Organic farming16.7% #98 VD · #808 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #87 VD · #353 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #213 VD · #1776 CH Highest peaks514 m #245 VD · #1832 CH Highest-lying municipalities496 m #206 VD · #1443 CH Greatest vertical range40 m #292 VD · #2065 CH Steepest municipalities2.1° #264 VD · #1997 CH Solar potential4 GWh #262 VD · #1993 CH Solar potential per capita9'465 kWh #183 VD · #1162 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #189 VD · #1487 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #138 VD · #646 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1274

Grens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Grens1274

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Grens?: The postal code of Grens is 1274.
What is the tax rate in Grens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Grens is 60% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Grens?: A single person without children pays about 15'490 CHF income tax in Grens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Grens have?: Grens has 411 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Grens?: Grens has 87 foreign residents, a share of 21.17% (2025).

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