What is the postal code of Jouxtens-Mézery?

The postal code of Jouxtens-Mézery is 1008.

What is the tax rate in Jouxtens-Mézery?

The municipal tax multiplier of Jouxtens-Mézery is 59% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Jouxtens-Mézery?

A single person without children pays about 15'423 CHF income tax in Jouxtens-Mézery on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 23 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Jouxtens-Mézery have?

Jouxtens-Mézery has 1'454 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Jouxtens-Mézery?

Jouxtens-Mézery has 265 foreign residents, a share of 18.23% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Lausanne

Jouxtens-Mézery

1008

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

709 48.8%

Men

745 51.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

317 21.8%

Swiss citizens

1'189 81.8%

Foreign residents

265 18.2%

Population density

753 pop./km²

0–19 · 317 · 21.8%20–64 · 792 · 54.5%65+ · 345 · 23.7%

Foreign residents 18.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −24 (−1.6%) · 12 births · 8 deaths · net migration −29

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 Jouxtens-Mézery

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 Lausanne: 34.2% Yes

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 21.9% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

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 Lausanne: 42.1% Yes

66.9% YesNo 33.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 34.1% Yes

45.7% YesNo 54.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 26.3% Yes

32.0% YesNo 68.0%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 56.0% Yes

34.0% YesNo 66.0%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 37.0% Yes

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

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 Lausanne: 59.0% Yes

35.7% YesNo 64.3%

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 Lausanne: 61.7% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 75.5% Yes

68.1% YesNo 32.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP29.4% · strongest party

FDP29.4%

SVP18.4%

SP17.3%

GRÜNE13.5%

GLP11.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier59%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

59%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 27 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'423 CHF(15.4%)

Rank 23 of 300 in the canton · 1080 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:15'423 CHF(~15.4%)

Jouxtens-MézeryCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Jouxtens-Mézery	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	13.6%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.4%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.4%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.3%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.2%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.1%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.9%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	19.7%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	21.6%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.2%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	24.7%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.1%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.3%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.3%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'047 mm

10.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

596 m

Mean elevation

530 m

Relief

123 m

Mean slope

6°

Flat share

51.4%

South-facing

6.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 123 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

10.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

13.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'400

Per inhabitant

7'414 kWh/yr

11 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

26.12 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.92 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.28 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

26.12 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services Industriels de Lausanne

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 Jouxtens-Mézery →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

2.49 %

Second homes

9.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.7

Dwellings

602

Built before 194616.1%

Built since 200128.4%

2.49 %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

213

Workplaces

Services share

74.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 158 (74.2%)

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 25 min · Car 17 min

AgglomerationPT 25 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 297/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5585

Head of governmentSerge Roy

Websitejouxtens-mezery.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Lausanne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Jouxtens-Mézery ranks

Largest municipalities1'454 #101 VD · #1193 CH Growing municipalities-1.6% #264 VD · #1939 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.6% #37 VD · #171 CH Jobs per resident0.15 #264 VD · #1994 CH Families & children21.8% #194 VD · #594 CH Age structure23.7% #21 VD · #559 CH Women share48.8% #238 VD · #1615 CH Foreign residents18.2% #182 VD · #1020 CH Population density753/km² #29 VD · #329 CH Tax burden15'423 #26 VD · #1083 CH Taxes59% #27 VD Warmest municipalities10.6 °C #61 VD · #194 CH Sunniest municipalities45.8% #126 VD · #583 CH Rainiest municipalities1'047 mm #160 VD · #1408 CH Voter turnout72.4% #14 VD · #37 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #77 VD · #802 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #62 VD · #693 CH SVP strongholds18.4% #238 VD · #1863 CH SP strongholds17.3% #216 VD · #711 CH Centre strongholds4.8% #137 VD · #1812 CH FDP strongholds29.4% #46 VD · #101 CH GLP strongholds11.4% #34 VD · #191 CH Green strongholds13.5% #77 VD · #221 CH Largest by area1.9 km² #284 VD · #2030 CH Highest municipalities525 m #177 VD · #1101 CH Second homes9.5% #180 VD · #1315 CH Best-connected municipalities25 min #4 VD · #47 CH Remotest municipalities25 min #297 VD · #2065 CH Highest peaks596 m #208 VD · #1563 CH Highest-lying municipalities530 m #188 VD · #1305 CH Greatest vertical range123 m #202 VD · #1720 CH Steepest municipalities6° #137 VD · #1402 CH Solar potential11 GWh #139 VD · #1489 CH Solar potential per capita7'414 kWh #244 VD · #1595 CH Cheapest electricity26.12 Rp./kWh #2 VD · #899 CH Most expensive electricity26.12 Rp./kWh #299 VD · #1208 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1008

Jouxtens-Mézery

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Jouxtens-Mézery1008

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Chavannes-près-Renens

VD · 3.1 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Jouxtens-Mézery?: The postal code of Jouxtens-Mézery is 1008.
What is the tax rate in Jouxtens-Mézery?: The municipal tax multiplier of Jouxtens-Mézery is 59% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Jouxtens-Mézery?: A single person without children pays about 15'423 CHF income tax in Jouxtens-Mézery on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 23 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Jouxtens-Mézery have?: Jouxtens-Mézery has 1'454 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Jouxtens-Mézery?: Jouxtens-Mézery has 265 foreign residents, a share of 18.23% (2025).

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