Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
1'302 50.1%
Men
1'296 49.9%
Children & youth (0–19)
524 20.2%
Swiss citizens
1'914 73.7%
Foreign residents
684 26.3%
Population density
125 pop./km²
0–19 · 524 · 20.2%20–64 · 1'558 · 60.0%65+ · 516 · 19.9%
Foreign residents 26.3%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +42 (+1.6%) · 27 births · 19 deaths · net migration +28
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
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 Sierre: 28.3% Yes
18.8% YesNo 81.2%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 33.0% Yes
33.7% YesNo 66.3%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 56.6% Yes
58.5% YesNo 41.5%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 44.5% Yes
47.2% YesNo 52.8%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 52.4% Yes
50.8% YesNo 49.2%
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 District de Sierre: 24.9% Yes
24.5% YesNo 75.6%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 42.0% Yes
45.7% YesNo 54.3%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 52.1% Yes
57.3% YesNo 42.7%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 63.7% Yes
59.1% YesNo 40.9%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 62.0% Yes
65.8% YesNo 34.2%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023Mitte32.3% · strongest party
Mitte32.3%
SVP21.3%
FDP20.5%
SP17.4%
GRÜNE7.2%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier125%
Cantonal tax multiplier100%
125%VS range 100%145%
Tax rank 86 of 122 in canton ValaisTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'082 CHF(16.1%)
Rank 92 of 122 in the canton · 1309 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 15'413 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Bister VS 13'690 CHF · most expensive Grächen 17'302 CHF
100'000 CHF:16'082 CHF(~16.1%)
GrôneCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Grône | Valais | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.2% | 4.2–5.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 9.3% | 7.5–10.3% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 11% | 8.8–12% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 12.4% | 10.2–13.5% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 13.7% | 11.4–14.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 14.8% | 12.4–16% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 16.1% | 13.7–17.3% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.3% | 14.8–18.5% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.3% | 15.9–19.6% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19.5% | 17–20.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 20.7% | 18.1–22% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 21.7% | 19.1–23% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 24.3% | 21.8–25.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 26.2% | 23.9–27.7% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 27.4% | 25.1–28.9% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 28.4% | 26–30% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 29.3% | 26.8–30.8% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 30% | 27.4–31.6% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.9 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020684 mm
7.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
2'667 m
Mean elevation
1'355 m
Relief
2'171 m
Mean slope
26.9°
Flat share
6.3%
South-facing
0.7%
Above 2000 m
15.8%
Relief 2'171 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
Roof potential
25.2 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
32.5 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'600
Per inhabitant
9'696 kWh/yr
25 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 · 2027Tariff H4
26.56 Rp./kWh
Energy
13 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
8.33 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
3.47 Rp./kWh
26.56 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator OIKEN 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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 1
Standard model, deductible 300583 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Valais. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Valais (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 · AREVacancy rate
1.2 %
Second homes
26.8 %
Avg. rooms
3.7
Dwellings
1'581
Built before 194626.6%
Built since 200116.7%
Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).
1.2 %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 · 2024Jobs
550
Workplaces
171
Services share
68.4 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 34 (6.2%) · Secondary 140 (25.5%) · Tertiary 376 (68.4%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
13
Organic share
7.7 %
Farmland
160 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities2'598 #37 VS · #821 CHGrowing municipalities1.6% #38 VS · #476 CHShrinking municipalities1.6% #85 VS · #1634 CHJobs per resident0.21 #101 VS · #1755 CHFamilies & children20.2% #30 VS · #1091 CHAge structure19.9% #91 VS · #1280 CHWomen share50.1% #43 VS · #900 CHForeign residents26.3% #29 VS · #482 CHPopulation density125/km² #36 VS · #1344 CHTax burden16'082 #93 VS · #1313 CHTaxes125% #86 VSWarmest municipalities7.9 °C #51 VS · #1729 CHSunniest municipalities53.5% #63 VS · #143 CHRainiest municipalities684 mm #99 VS · #2078 CHVoter turnout49.4% #96 VS · #1830 CHAgainst Switzerland18.6% #46 VS · #650 CHAligned with Switzerland81.4% #34 VS · #861 CHSVP strongholds21.3% #90 VS · #1731 CHSP strongholds17.4% #24 VS · #703 CHCentre strongholds32.3% #81 VS · #205 CHFDP strongholds20.5% #25 VS · #422 CHGLP strongholds1.1% #87 VS · #1926 CHGreen strongholds7.2% #48 VS · #1064 CHLargest by area20.7 km² #70 VS · #468 CHHighest municipalities1'742 m #20 VS · #53 CHSecond homes26.8% #80 VS · #277 CHOrganic farming7.7% #90 VS · #1393 CHBest-connected municipalities108 min #57 VS · #1833 CHRemotest municipalities108 min #68 VS · #285 CHHighest peaks2'667 m #90 VS · #216 CHHighest-lying municipalities1'355 m #90 VS · #247 CHGreatest vertical range2'171 m #73 VS · #155 CHSteepest municipalities26.9° #69 VS · #196 CHSolar potential25 GWh #43 VS · #832 CHSolar potential per capita9'696 kWh #88 VS · #1122 CHCheapest electricity26.56 Rp./kWh #74 VS · #1049 CHMost expensive electricity26.56 Rp./kWh #48 VS · #1057 CH
Postal codes (2)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 2Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Grône?
- Grône has 2 postal codes: 3967, 3979.
- What is the tax rate in Grône?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Grône is 125% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
- How much tax do you pay in Grône?
- A single person without children pays about 16'082 CHF income tax in Grône on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 92 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Grône have?
- Grône has 2'598 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Grône?
- Grône has 684 foreign residents, a share of 26.33% (2025).
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