What is the postal code of Hermance?

The postal code of Hermance is 1248.

What is the tax rate in Hermance?

The municipal tax multiplier of Hermance is 42% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Hermance?

A single person without children pays about 15'212 CHF income tax in Hermance on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Hermance have?

Hermance has 1'221 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hermance?

Hermance has 350 foreign residents, a share of 28.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GE

Hermance

1248

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

630 51.6%

Men

591 48.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

257 21.0%

Swiss citizens

871 71.3%

Foreign residents

350 28.7%

Population density

249 pop./km²

0–19 · 257 · 21.0%20–64 · 702 · 57.5%65+ · 262 · 21.5%

Foreign residents 28.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −25 (−2%) · 7 births · 18 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 Hermance

BFS

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

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

28.3% YesNo 71.7%

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

53.0% YesNo 47.0%

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

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

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

67.1% YesNo 32.9%

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

54.1% YesNo 45.9%

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

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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

29.6% YesNo 70.4%

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

59.5% YesNo 40.5%

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

53.8% YesNo 46.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP21.9% · strongest party

FDP21.9%

SVP18.9%

Mitte13.9%

GLP12.8%

SP12.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier42%

Cantonal tax multiplier147.5%

42%GE range 25%51%

Tax rank 21 of 45 in canton Geneva

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'212 CHF(15.2%)

Rank 20 of 45 in the canton · 1037 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:15'212 CHF(~15.2%)

HermanceCanton range GenevaSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hermance	Geneva	Switzerland median
40'000	5%	4.6–5.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.8–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.7%	8.8–10.1%	10.5%
70'000	11.4%	10.4–12%	11.9%
80'000	12.8%	11.7–13.4%	13.1%
90'000	13.9%	12.7–14.6%	14.1%
100'000	15.2%	13.9–15.9%	15.3%
110'000	16.4%	14.9–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	17.3%	15.8–18.1%	17.2%
130'000	18.1%	16.6–18.9%	18.1%
140'000	19%	17.4–19.8%	19%
150'000	19.7%	18.1–20.6%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	19.8–22.4%	21.6%
200'000	23.1%	21.3–24%	23.2%
225'000	24.5%	22.6–25.5%	24.6%
250'000	25.7%	23.8–26.7%	25.8%
275'000	26.7%	24.8–27.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.6%	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 1991–202011.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020875 mm

11.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

425 m

Mean elevation

381 m

Relief

53 m

Mean slope

1.3°

Flat share

88.9%

South-facing

0.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 53 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

6.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'400

Per inhabitant

5'283 kWh/yr

6 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 Hermance →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

0.39 %

Second homes

15.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

512

Built before 194637.1%

Built since 200131.8%

0.39 %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

266

Workplaces

Services share

84.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 4 (1.5%) · Secondary 38 (14.3%) · Tertiary 224 (84.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

66.7 %

Farmland

91 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 46 min · Car 30 min

AgglomerationPT 46 min · Car 30 min

Remoteness 7/45 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6625

Head of governmentOlivier Pförtner

Websitehermance.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hermance ranks

Largest municipalities1'221 #37 GE · #1312 CH Growing municipalities-2% #43 GE · #1988 CH Shrinking municipalities-2% #3 GE · #121 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #33 GE · #1708 CH Families & children21% #39 GE · #827 CH Age structure21.5% #6 GE · #960 CH Women share51.6% #19 GE · #223 CH Foreign residents28.7% #24 GE · #368 CH Population density249/km² #36 GE · #888 CH Tax burden15'212 #21 GE · #1038 CH Taxes42% #21 GE Warmest municipalities11.2 °C #4 GE · #44 CH Sunniest municipalities46.9% #41 GE · #467 CH Rainiest municipalities875 mm #32 GE · #1987 CH Voter turnout63.3% #5 GE · #306 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #5 GE · #227 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #37 GE · #1264 CH SVP strongholds18.9% #14 GE · #1840 CH SP strongholds12.3% #34 GE · #1261 CH Centre strongholds13.9% #5 GE · #909 CH FDP strongholds21.9% #15 GE · #350 CH GLP strongholds12.8% #1 GE · #103 CH Green strongholds12% #37 GE · #352 CH Largest by area4.9 km² #23 GE · #1567 CH Highest municipalities408 m #36 GE · #1859 CH Second homes15.6% #13 GE · #533 CH Organic farming66.7% #3 GE · #69 CH Best-connected municipalities46 min #39 GE · #376 CH Remotest municipalities46 min #7 GE · #1750 CH Highest peaks425 m #42 GE · #2071 CH Highest-lying municipalities381 m #44 GE · #2027 CH Greatest vertical range53 m #35 GE · #2033 CH Steepest municipalities1.3° #43 GE · #2061 CH Solar potential6 GWh #41 GE · #1801 CH Solar potential per capita5'283 kWh #34 GE · #1940 CH Cheapest electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #24 GE · #302 CH Most expensive electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #25 GE · #1808 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1248

Hermance

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Hermance1248

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hermance?: The postal code of Hermance is 1248.
What is the tax rate in Hermance?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hermance is 42% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Hermance?: A single person without children pays about 15'212 CHF income tax in Hermance on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hermance have?: Hermance has 1'221 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hermance?: Hermance has 350 foreign residents, a share of 28.67% (2025).

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