What is the postal code of Hospental?

The postal code of Hospental is 6493.

What is the tax rate in Hospental?

The municipal tax multiplier of Hospental is 95% (2026); canton UR levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Hospental?

A single person without children pays about 11'445 CHF income tax in Hospental on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 19 in canton UR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Hospental have?

Hospental has 176 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hospental?

Hospental has 45 foreign residents, a share of 25.57% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton UR

Hospental

6493

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Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

79 44.9%

Men

97 55.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

21 11.9%

Swiss citizens

131 74.4%

Foreign residents

45 25.6%

Population density

5 pop./km²

0–19 · 21 · 11.9%20–64 · 118 · 67.0%65+ · 37 · 21.0%

Foreign residents 25.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −4 (−2.2%) · 1 births · 4 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 Hospental

BFS

15.4% YesNo 84.6%

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

46.2% YesNo 53.9%

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

57.4% YesNo 42.7%

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

69.6% YesNo 30.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

7.0% YesNo 93.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

74.4% YesNo 25.6%

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.9% · strongest party

SVP54.9%

Mitte43.1%

Übrige2.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

95%UR range 91%117%

Tax rank 6 of 19 in canton Uri

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'445 CHF(11.4%)

Rank 5 of 19 in the canton · 183 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 11'842 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Schattdorf 11'246 CHF · most expensive Isenthal 12'536 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:11'445 CHF(~11.4%)

HospentalCanton range UriSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hospental	Uri	Switzerland median
40'000	6.6%	6.5–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.9%	7.7–8.7%	7.8%
60'000	8.9%	8.7–9.8%	10.5%
70'000	9.7%	9.5–10.7%	11.9%
80'000	10.3%	10.1–11.4%	13.1%
90'000	10.8%	10.6–11.8%	14.1%
100'000	11.4%	11.2–12.5%	15.3%
110'000	12%	11.8–13.1%	16.3%
120'000	12.5%	12.3–13.6%	17.2%
130'000	12.9%	12.7–14.1%	18.1%
140'000	13.4%	13.2–14.6%	19%
150'000	13.9%	13.6–15%	19.7%
175'000	15%	14.7–16.2%	21.6%
200'000	15.9%	15.7–17.2%	23.2%
225'000	16.8%	16.6–18%	24.6%
250'000	17.6%	17.3–18.9%	25.8%
275'000	18.2%	18–19.5%	26.8%
300'000	18.8%	18.5–20.1%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20202.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'444 mm

2.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'028 m

Mean elevation

2'108 m

Relief

1'595 m

Mean slope

28.3°

Flat share

2.6%

South-facing

23.8%

Above 2000 m

58.4%

Relief 1'595 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 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

28'580 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

22.67 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.32 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.72 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

22.67 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk Ursern

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 300495 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Uri324 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Hospental →Canton Uri →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Uri (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

0.51 %

Second homes

54.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

196

Built before 194641.3%

Built since 20016.6%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.51 %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

Workplaces

Services share

46.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 13 (27.7%) · Secondary 12 (25.5%) · Tertiary 22 (46.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

40 %

Farmland

144 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 155 min · Car 75 min

AgglomerationPT 101 min · Car 37 min

Remoteness 2/19 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1210

Websitehospental.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hospental ranks

Largest municipalities176 #18 UR · #2047 CH Growing municipalities-2.2% #19 UR · #2003 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.2% #1 UR · #105 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #15 UR · #1423 CH Families & children11.9% #17 UR · #2071 CH Age structure21% #16 UR · #1039 CH Women share44.9% #17 UR · #2083 CH Foreign residents25.6% #6 UR · #523 CH Population density5/km² #17 UR · #2076 CH Tax burden11'445 #6 UR · #184 CH Taxes95% #6 UR Warmest municipalities2.8 °C #17 UR · #2059 CH Sunniest municipalities47.5% #4 UR · #366 CH Rainiest municipalities1'444 mm #13 UR · #298 CH Voter turnout46.8% #18 UR · #1978 CH SVP strongholds54.9% #3 UR · #117 CH Centre strongholds43.1% #16 UR · #106 CH Largest by area35.2 km² #13 UR · #263 CH Highest municipalities1'493 m #9 UR · #91 CH Second homes54.3% #3 UR · #135 CH Organic farming40% #2 UR · #194 CH Best-connected municipalities155 min #18 UR · #2063 CH Remotest municipalities155 min #2 UR · #45 CH Highest peaks3'028 m #10 UR · #132 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'108 m #4 UR · #72 CH Greatest vertical range1'595 m #18 UR · #315 CH Steepest municipalities28.3° #10 UR · #152 CH Solar potential5 GWh #16 UR · #1906 CH Solar potential per capita28'580 kWh #2 UR · #53 CH Cheapest electricity22.67 Rp./kWh #3 UR · #56 CH Most expensive electricity22.67 Rp./kWh #17 UR · #2051 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6493

Hospental

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Hospental6493

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hospental?: The postal code of Hospental is 6493.
What is the tax rate in Hospental?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hospental is 95% (2026); canton UR levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Hospental?: A single person without children pays about 11'445 CHF income tax in Hospental on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 19 in canton UR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hospental have?: Hospental has 176 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hospental?: Hospental has 45 foreign residents, a share of 25.57% (2025).

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