What is the postal code of Lens?

Lens has 4 postal codes: 1978, 3963, 3971, 3978.

What is the tax rate in Lens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lens is 105% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Lens?

A single person without children pays about 13'973 CHF income tax in Lens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lens have?

Lens has 4'590 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lens?

Lens has 1'550 foreign residents, a share of 33.77% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · District de Sierre

Lens

1978–3978

VS CANTON1978 3963 3971 3978

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'310 50.3%

Men

2'280 49.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

714 15.6%

Swiss citizens

3'040 66.2%

Foreign residents

1'550 33.8%

Population density

328 pop./km²

0–19 · 714 · 15.6%20–64 · 2'510 · 54.7%65+ · 1'366 · 29.8%

Foreign residents 33.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +20 (+0.4%) · 29 births · 49 deaths · net migration +91

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 Lens

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 Sierre: 28.3% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 33.0% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 56.6% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 44.5% Yes

45.5% YesNo 54.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 52.4% Yes

54.1% YesNo 46.0%

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 District de Sierre: 24.9% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 42.0% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 52.1% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.6%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de Sierre: 63.7% Yes

64.3% YesNo 35.7%

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 Sierre: 62.0% Yes

62.0% YesNo 38.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte33.2% · strongest party

Mitte33.2%

SVP23.7%

FDP19.2%

SP12.2%

GRÜNE7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier105%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

105%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 16 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'973 CHF(14%)

Rank 15 of 122 in the canton · 825 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:13'973 CHF(~14%)

LensCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lens	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	9%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	10.4%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.6%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	12.7%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	14%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	15.1%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	16.2%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	17.3%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.4%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	19.5%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	22.2%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.4%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	27.2%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.8%	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 1991–20207.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020806 mm

7.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'539 m

Mean elevation

1'341 m

Relief

1'946 m

Mean slope

18.9°

Flat share

6.1%

South-facing

60.4%

Above 2000 m

12.6%

Relief 1'946 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

60.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

84.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

13'500

Per inhabitant

13'253 kWh/yr

61 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

26.56 Rp./kWh

Energy

13 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.33 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.47 Rp./kWh

26.56 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator OIKEN SA

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 300583 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

3.08 %

Second homes

58.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

5'392

Built before 19466.3%

Built since 200115.7%

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

3.08 %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

2'037

Workplaces

412

Services share

81.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 188 (9.2%) · Secondary 198 (9.7%) · Tertiary 1'651 (81.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

346 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 122 min · Car 90 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 40/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6240

Websitelens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Sierre

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lens ranks

Largest municipalities4'590 #22 VS · #481 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #73 VS · #1142 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #50 VS · #972 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #40 VS · #712 CH Families & children15.6% #85 VS · #1945 CH Age structure29.8% #21 VS · #107 CH Women share50.3% #32 VS · #766 CH Foreign residents33.8% #15 VS · #179 CH Population density328/km² #17 VS · #724 CH Tax burden13'973 #15 VS · #825 CH Taxes105% #16 VS Warmest municipalities7.7 °C #55 VS · #1756 CH Sunniest municipalities56.9% #8 VS · #10 CH Rainiest municipalities806 mm #72 VS · #2046 CH Voter turnout54.9% #52 VS · #1236 CH Against Switzerland17.6% #55 VS · #733 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.4% #19 VS · #782 CH SVP strongholds23.7% #73 VS · #1625 CH SP strongholds12.2% #48 VS · #1279 CH Centre strongholds33.2% #79 VS · #196 CH FDP strongholds19.2% #29 VS · #515 CH GLP strongholds3.8% #6 VS · #1451 CH Green strongholds7.3% #47 VS · #1038 CH Largest by area14 km² #90 VS · #701 CH Highest municipalities1'134 m #59 VS · #188 CH Second homes58.2% #40 VS · #118 CH Organic farming12.5% #77 VS · #1065 CH Best-connected municipalities122 min #84 VS · #1941 CH Remotest municipalities122 min #40 VS · #173 CH Highest peaks2'539 m #93 VS · #231 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'341 m #91 VS · #252 CH Greatest vertical range1'946 m #94 VS · #221 CH Steepest municipalities18.9° #112 VS · #427 CH Solar potential61 GWh #17 VS · #234 CH Solar potential per capita13'253 kWh #60 VS · #596 CH Cheapest electricity26.56 Rp./kWh #76 VS · #1051 CH Most expensive electricity26.56 Rp./kWh #50 VS · #1059 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Chermignon-d'en-Bas3971 Crans VS3963 Flanthey3978 Lens1978 Ollon VS3971

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lens?: Lens has 4 postal codes: 1978, 3963, 3971, 3978.
What is the tax rate in Lens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lens is 105% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Lens?: A single person without children pays about 13'973 CHF income tax in Lens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lens have?: Lens has 4'590 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lens?: Lens has 1'550 foreign residents, a share of 33.77% (2025).

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