What is the postal code of Maggia?

Maggia has 5 postal codes: 6670, 6673, 6674, 6677, 6678.

What is the tax rate in Maggia?

The municipal tax multiplier of Maggia is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Maggia?

A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Maggia on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Maggia have?

Maggia has 2'686 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Maggia?

Maggia has 290 foreign residents, a share of 10.8% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Vallemaggia

Maggia

6670–6678

TI CANTON6670 6673 6674 6677+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'363 50.7%

Men

1'323 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

505 18.8%

Swiss citizens

2'396 89.2%

Foreign residents

290 10.8%

Population density

24 pop./km²

0–19 · 505 · 18.8%20–64 · 1'501 · 55.9%65+ · 680 · 25.3%

Foreign residents 10.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +12 (+0.5%) · 19 births · 27 deaths · net migration +18

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 Maggia

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 Distretto di Vallemaggia: 29.2% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 47.2% Yes

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 51.7% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 50.4% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 75.0% Yes

75.6% YesNo 24.4%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 26.5% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 40.6% Yes

38.7% YesNo 61.3%

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 Distretto di Vallemaggia: 26.9% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 42.6% Yes

43.1% YesNo 57.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Vallemaggia: 53.0% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP24.2% · strongest party

FDP24.2%

Mitte23.4%

Lega13.0%

SVP11.1%

SP10.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier90%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

90%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 72 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'339 CHF(14.3%)

Rank 62 of 100 in the canton · 886 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'339 CHF(~14.3%)

MaggiaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Maggia	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.1%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.3%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.3%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.3%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.2%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.8%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.7%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.2%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.5%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.6%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.6%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.5%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.9 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'932 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'370 m

Mean elevation

1'204 m

Relief

2'096 m

Mean slope

33.5°

Flat share

5.6%

South-facing

28.0%

Above 2000 m

6.0%

Relief 2'096 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

29.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

39.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'600

Per inhabitant

11'080 kWh/yr

30 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 300683 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Maggia →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

0.62 %

Second homes

55 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

2'738

Built before 194651.8%

Built since 200111.9%

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

0.62 %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

760

Workplaces

223

Services share

66.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 52 (6.8%) · Secondary 203 (26.7%) · Tertiary 505 (66.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

42.9 %

Farmland

252 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 93 min · Car 71 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 32 min

Remoteness 14/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5317

Websitemaggia.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Vallemaggia

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Maggia ranks

Largest municipalities2'686 #35 TI · #796 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #36 TI · #1134 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #65 TI · #979 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #77 TI · #1395 CH Families & children18.8% #26 TI · #1512 CH Age structure25.3% #51 TI · #371 CH Women share50.7% #54 TI · #546 CH Foreign residents10.8% #86 TI · #1644 CH Population density24/km² #82 TI · #1945 CH Tax burden14'339 #68 TI · #893 CH Taxes90% #72 TI Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #58 TI · #646 CH Sunniest municipalities53.7% #76 TI · #133 CH Rainiest municipalities1'932 mm #10 TI · #33 CH Voter turnout52.8% #72 TI · #1493 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #47 TI · #371 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #29 TI · #1107 CH SVP strongholds11.1% #95 TI · #2086 CH SP strongholds10.3% #68 TI · #1500 CH Centre strongholds23.4% #19 TI · #404 CH FDP strongholds24.2% #23 TI · #264 CH GLP strongholds1% #73 TI · #1937 CH Green strongholds8.6% #52 TI · #789 CH Largest by area111.2 km² #7 TI · #57 CH Highest municipalities372 m #55 TI · #1989 CH Second homes55% #26 TI · #132 CH Organic farming42.9% #9 TI · #178 CH Best-connected municipalities93 min #87 TI · #1614 CH Remotest municipalities93 min #14 TI · #503 CH Highest peaks2'370 m #23 TI · #268 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'204 m #21 TI · #301 CH Greatest vertical range2'096 m #15 TI · #170 CH Steepest municipalities33.5° #10 TI · #26 CH Solar potential30 GWh #31 TI · #683 CH Solar potential per capita11'080 kWh #52 TI · #899 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #90 TI · #1579 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #35 TI · #552 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 9

Aurigeno6677 Avegno6670 Coglio6678 Giumaglio6678 Lodano6678 Maggia6673 Moghegno6677 Riveo6674 Someo6674

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Maggia?: Maggia has 5 postal codes: 6670, 6673, 6674, 6677, 6678.
What is the tax rate in Maggia?: The municipal tax multiplier of Maggia is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Maggia?: A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Maggia on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Maggia have?: Maggia has 2'686 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Maggia?: Maggia has 290 foreign residents, a share of 10.8% (2025).

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