What is the postal code of Kippel?

The postal code of Kippel is 3917.

What is the tax rate in Kippel?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kippel is 140% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Kippel?

A single person without children pays about 17'269 CHF income tax in Kippel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kippel have?

Kippel has 334 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kippel?

Kippel has 17 foreign residents, a share of 5.09% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Raron

Kippel

3917

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

165 49.4%

Men

169 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

38 11.4%

Swiss citizens

317 94.9%

Foreign residents

17 5.1%

Population density

29 pop./km²

0–19 · 38 · 11.4%20–64 · 179 · 53.6%65+ · 117 · 35.0%

Foreign residents 5.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+1.5%) · 0 births · 5 deaths · net migration +11

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 Kippel

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 Bezirk Raron: 15.2% Yes

9.3% YesNo 90.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 31.6% Yes

16.4% YesNo 83.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 59.3% Yes

64.1% YesNo 35.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 53.1% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 33.4% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

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 Bezirk Raron: 18.4% Yes

15.5% YesNo 84.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 42.1% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 38.9% Yes

38.9% YesNo 61.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 72.4% Yes

74.1% YesNo 25.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 43.2% Yes

32.1% YesNo 67.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte81.4% · strongest party

Mitte81.4%

SVP8.6%

SP4.9%

GRÜNE2.1%

GLP1.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier140%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

140%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 118 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'269 CHF(17.3%)

Rank 120 of 122 in the canton · 1950 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

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:17'269 CHF(~17.3%)

KippelCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kippel	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	5.7%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	10.2%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	11.9%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	17.3%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	18.5%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	19.6%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	20.8%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	21.9%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	23%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	25.5%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	27.5%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	28.7%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	29.8%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	30.7%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	31.4%	27.4–31.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20204.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)1.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'040 mm

4.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'271 m

Mean elevation

2'094 m

Relief

2'003 m

Mean slope

30.3°

Flat share

0.8%

South-facing

32.8%

Above 2000 m

55.1%

Relief 2'003 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

4.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

14'581 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

30.48 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.21 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.95 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

30.48 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EVTL Energieversorgung Talschaft Lötschen AG

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Kippel →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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 · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.55 %

Second homes

57.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

366

Built before 194637.7%

Built since 20016.0%

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

0.55 %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

87.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 12 (12.1%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 87 (87.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

58 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 117 min · Car 110 min

AgglomerationPT 56 min · Car 40 min

Remoteness 47/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6197

Websitekippel.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Raron

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kippel ranks

Largest municipalities334 #108 VS · #1938 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #39 VS · #531 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #84 VS · #1585 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #72 VS · #1308 CH Families & children11.4% #115 VS · #2078 CH Age structure35% #6 VS · #30 CH Women share49.4% #63 VS · #1350 CH Foreign residents5.1% #118 VS · #2007 CH Population density29/km² #80 VS · #1908 CH Tax burden17'269 #121 VS · #1953 CH Taxes140% #118 VS Warmest municipalities4.7 °C #99 VS · #2008 CH Sunniest municipalities50.9% #104 VS · #213 CH Rainiest municipalities1'040 mm #36 VS · #1442 CH Voter turnout56.6% #40 VS · #1013 CH SVP strongholds8.6% #122 VS · #2097 CH SP strongholds4.9% #99 VS · #1943 CH Centre strongholds81.4% #1 VS · #7 CH FDP strongholds1.5% #110 VS · #2049 CH GLP strongholds1.5% #67 VS · #1859 CH Green strongholds2.1% #104 VS · #1953 CH Largest by area11.7 km² #101 VS · #840 CH Highest municipalities1'376 m #42 VS · #120 CH Second homes57.9% #42 VS · #120 CH Organic farming0% #111 VS · #2053 CH Best-connected municipalities117 min #76 VS · #1916 CH Remotest municipalities117 min #47 VS · #201 CH Highest peaks3'271 m #36 VS · #71 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'094 m #35 VS · #74 CH Greatest vertical range2'003 m #86 VS · #201 CH Steepest municipalities30.3° #30 VS · #85 CH Solar potential5 GWh #116 VS · #1925 CH Solar potential per capita14'581 kWh #50 VS · #461 CH Cheapest electricity30.48 Rp./kWh #121 VS · #1840 CH Most expensive electricity30.48 Rp./kWh #3 VS · #268 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3917

Kippel

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Kippel3917

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kippel?: The postal code of Kippel is 3917.
What is the tax rate in Kippel?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kippel is 140% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Kippel?: A single person without children pays about 17'269 CHF income tax in Kippel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kippel have?: Kippel has 334 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kippel?: Kippel has 17 foreign residents, a share of 5.09% (2025).

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