Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
544 48.4%
Men
580 51.6%
Children & youth (0–19)
198 17.6%
Swiss citizens
1'063 94.6%
Foreign residents
61 5.4%
Population density
36 pop./km²
0–19 · 198 · 17.6%20–64 · 636 · 56.6%65+ · 290 · 25.8%
Foreign residents 5.4%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −11 (−1%) · 6 births · 10 deaths · net migration −5
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
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 Porrentruy: 27.3% Yes
22.3% YesNo 77.7%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 32.1% Yes
44.1% YesNo 55.9%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 43.8% 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 Porrentruy: 43.6% Yes
55.8% YesNo 44.2%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 51.9% Yes
47.1% YesNo 52.9%
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 District de Porrentruy: 29.3% Yes
27.3% YesNo 72.7%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 38.1% Yes
44.3% YesNo 55.7%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 54.7% Yes
58.9% YesNo 41.1%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 60.2% Yes
57.1% YesNo 42.9%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict District de Porrentruy: 63.7% Yes
67.3% YesNo 32.7%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023Mitte29.5% · strongest party
Mitte29.5%
SVP27.3%
SP16.3%
FDP10.7%
GRÜNE10.5%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier215%
Cantonal tax multiplier285%
215%JU range 130%235%
Tax rank 24 of 51 in canton JuraTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'261 CHF(16.3%)
Rank 22 of 51 in the canton · 1424 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 16'261 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Les Breuleux 13'786 CHF · most expensive Basse-Allaine 16'843 CHF
100'000 CHF:16'261 CHF(~16.3%)
La BarocheCanton range JuraSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | La Baroche | Jura | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 6.9% | 5.8–7.2% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 9.1% | 7.6–9.5% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 10.9% | 9.1–11.3% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 12.4% | 10.4–12.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 13.9% | 11.7–14.4% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 15% | 12.7–15.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 16.3% | 13.8–16.8% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.3% | 14.7–17.9% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.3% | 15.6–19% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19.3% | 16.5–20% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 20.3% | 17.3–21% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 21.1% | 18.1–21.8% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 23% | 19.8–23.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 24.5% | 21.2–25.3% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 25.9% | 22.4–26.7% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 27.1% | 23.5–27.9% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 28.1% | 24.5–28.9% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 29% | 25.3–29.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.5 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'117 mm
9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
962 m
Mean elevation
629 m
Relief
502 m
Mean slope
12.3°
Flat share
30.4%
South-facing
20.5%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 502 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
Roof potential
26.2 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
33.7 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'800
Per inhabitant
23'274 kWh/yr
26 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 · 2027Tariff H4
25.79 Rp./kWh
Energy
7.97 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
11.91 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
4 Rp./kWh
25.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 25.79 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator BKW Energie 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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300678 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Jura462 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Jura (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
0.46 %
Second homes
19.9 %
Avg. rooms
4.4
Dwellings
656
Built before 194647.1%
Built since 20018.8%
0.46 %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 · 2024Jobs
457
Workplaces
109
Services share
62.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 110 (24.1%) · Secondary 60 (13.1%) · Tertiary 287 (62.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
38
Organic share
18.4 %
Farmland
1'803 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities1'124 #19 JU · #1377 CHGrowing municipalities-1% #37 JU · #1800 CHShrinking municipalities-1% #15 JU · #311 CHJobs per resident0.41 #24 JU · #832 CHFamilies & children17.6% #41 JU · #1738 CHAge structure25.8% #20 JU · #328 CHWomen share48.4% #43 JU · #1767 CHForeign residents5.4% #41 JU · #1991 CHPopulation density36/km² #37 JU · #1872 CHTax burden16'261 #27 JU · #1429 CHTaxes215% #24 JUWarmest municipalities9.5 °C #18 JU · #1015 CHSunniest municipalities40.8% #51 JU · #1510 CHRainiest municipalities1'117 mm #27 JU · #1002 CHVoter turnout45.7% #35 JU · #2015 CHAgainst Switzerland27.5% #4 JU · #145 CHAligned with Switzerland72.5% #21 JU · #1340 CHSVP strongholds27.3% #13 JU · #1443 CHSP strongholds16.3% #44 JU · #815 CHCentre strongholds29.5% #17 JU · #243 CHFDP strongholds10.7% #15 JU · #1308 CHGLP strongholds1.6% #36 JU · #1846 CHGreen strongholds10.5% #23 JU · #501 CHLargest by area31.1 km² #6 JU · #303 CHHighest municipalities479 m #33 JU · #1330 CHSecond homes19.9% #11 JU · #333 CHOrganic farming18.4% #29 JU · #713 CHBest-connected municipalities103 min #30 JU · #1759 CHRemotest municipalities103 min #23 JU · #369 CHHighest peaks962 m #21 JU · #762 CHHighest-lying municipalities629 m #27 JU · #930 CHGreatest vertical range502 m #14 JU · #690 CHSteepest municipalities12.3° #22 JU · #749 CHSolar potential26 GWh #12 JU · #791 CHSolar potential per capita23'274 kWh #17 JU · #117 CHCheapest electricity25.79 Rp./kWh #32 JU · #812 CHMost expensive electricity25.79 Rp./kWh #44 JU · #1319 CH
Postal codes (5)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 6Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of La Baroche?
- La Baroche has 5 postal codes: 2807, 2946, 2947, 2953, 2954.
- What is the tax rate in La Baroche?
- The municipal tax multiplier of La Baroche is 215% (2026); canton JU levies 285%.
- How much tax do you pay in La Baroche?
- A single person without children pays about 16'261 CHF income tax in La Baroche on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 22 of 51 in canton JU. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does La Baroche have?
- La Baroche has 1'124 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in La Baroche?
- La Baroche has 61 foreign residents, a share of 5.43% (2025).
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