What is the postal code of Gy?

Gy has 2 postal codes: 1251, 1254.

What is the tax rate in Gy?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gy is 46% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Gy?

A single person without children pays about 15'524 CHF income tax in Gy on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 32 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many foreign residents live in Gy?

Gy has 115 foreign residents, a share of 19.76% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GE

Gy

1251–1254

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

316 54.3%

Men

266 45.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

137 23.5%

Swiss citizens

467 80.2%

Foreign residents

115 19.8%

Population density

177 pop./km²

0–19 · 137 · 23.5%20–64 · 339 · 58.2%65+ · 106 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 19.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +29 (+5.2%) · 7 births · 2 deaths · net migration +26

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 Gy

BFS

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

27.09.2026Loi 13579 indemnité à la Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale – GenèveCantonal GE● Rejected · 41.5% Yes

45.6% YesNo 54.4%

27.09.2026Loi 13025 LDTR pour que les locataires puissent devenir, s’ils le souhaitent, propriétaires de leur propre logementCantonal GE● Rejected · 36.5% Yes

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

27.09.2026Loi 13725 crédit de 39 500 000 francs pour la réalisation de projets transfrontaliersCantonal GE● Accepted · 56.8% Yes

58.1% YesNo 41.9%

27.09.2026IN 198 « Pour une contraception gratuite »Cantonal GE● Accepted · 58.5% Yes

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

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

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

14.06.2026Loi sur les heures d'ouverture des magasins (LHOM) (Ouverture du dimanche)Cantonal GE● Accepted · 52.8% Yes

66.1% YesNo 33.9%

14.06.2026Loi pour une expression non ostentatoire des convictions religieusesCantonal GE● Accepted · 51.4% Yes

55.2% YesNo 44.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP18.1% · strongest party

SVP18.1%

FDP18.1%

SP12.5%

GRÜNE11.5%

MCR11.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier46%

Cantonal tax multiplier147.5%

46%GE range 25%51%

Tax rank 35 of 45 in canton Geneva

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'524 CHF(15.5%)

Rank 32 of 45 in the canton · 1108 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'212 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Cologny 13'885 CHF · most expensive Avully 15'914 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'524 CHF(~15.5%)

GyCanton range GenevaSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gy	Geneva	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.6–5.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.8–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.9%	8.8–10.1%	10.5%
70'000	11.7%	10.4–12%	11.9%
80'000	13.1%	11.7–13.4%	13.1%
90'000	14.2%	12.7–14.6%	14.1%
100'000	15.5%	13.9–15.9%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	14.9–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	15.8–18.1%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	16.6–18.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.3%	17.4–19.8%	19%
150'000	20.1%	18.1–20.6%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	19.8–22.4%	21.6%
200'000	23.5%	21.3–24%	23.2%
225'000	24.9%	22.6–25.5%	24.6%
250'000	26.2%	23.8–26.7%	25.8%
275'000	27.2%	24.8–27.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.1%	25.6–28.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020919 mm

10.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

479 m

Mean elevation

461 m

Relief

47 m

Mean slope

1.2°

Flat share

99.5%

South-facing

0.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 47 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

5.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'200

Per inhabitant

9'261 kWh/yr

5 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

24.43 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.33 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

24.43 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.43 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services industriels de Genève

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

Standard model, deductible 300752 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Geneva539 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Gy →Canton Geneva →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Geneva (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0 %

Second homes

16.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

235

Built before 194628.9%

Built since 200138.3%

0 %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

133

Workplaces

Services share

48.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (30.8%) · Secondary 27 (20.3%) · Tertiary 65 (48.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

510 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 48 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 6/45 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6624

Head of governmentDanièle Yakoubian

Websitemairie-gy.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gy ranks

Largest municipalities582 #44 GE · #1732 CH Growing municipalities5.2% #2 GE · #42 CH Shrinking municipalities5.2% #44 GE · #2068 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #31 GE · #1656 CH Families & children23.5% #18 GE · #236 CH Age structure18.2% #25 GE · #1621 CH Women share54.3% #1 GE · #9 CH Foreign residents19.8% #39 GE · #883 CH Population density177/km² #41 GE · #1101 CH Tax burden15'524 #35 GE · #1111 CH Taxes46% #35 GE Warmest municipalities10.8 °C #39 GE · #149 CH Sunniest municipalities46.9% #40 GE · #466 CH Rainiest municipalities919 mm #14 GE · #1898 CH Voter turnout63.1% #6 GE · #322 CH SVP strongholds18.1% #18 GE · #1880 CH SP strongholds12.5% #32 GE · #1229 CH Centre strongholds9.6% #20 GE · #1247 CH FDP strongholds18.1% #23 GE · #584 CH GLP strongholds6.5% #26 GE · #870 CH Green strongholds11.5% #39 GE · #406 CH Largest by area3.3 km² #37 GE · #1833 CH Highest municipalities460 m #5 GE · #1458 CH Second homes16.7% #10 GE · #462 CH Organic farming25% #18 GE · #487 CH Best-connected municipalities48 min #40 GE · #418 CH Remotest municipalities48 min #6 GE · #1711 CH Highest peaks479 m #12 GE · #1952 CH Highest-lying municipalities461 m #4 GE · #1655 CH Greatest vertical range47 m #40 GE · #2045 CH Steepest municipalities1.2° #44 GE · #2068 CH Solar potential5 GWh #45 GE · #1878 CH Solar potential per capita9'261 kWh #7 GE · #1205 CH Cheapest electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #23 GE · #301 CH Most expensive electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #24 GE · #1807 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

1251

1254

Jussy

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Gy1251 Jussy1254

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gy?: Gy has 2 postal codes: 1251, 1254.
What is the tax rate in Gy?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gy is 46% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Gy?: A single person without children pays about 15'524 CHF income tax in Gy on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 32 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gy have?: Gy has 582 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gy?: Gy has 115 foreign residents, a share of 19.76% (2025).

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