What is the postal code of Melide?

The postal code of Melide is 6815.

What is the tax rate in Melide?

The municipal tax multiplier of Melide is 65% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Melide?

A single person without children pays about 12'679 CHF income tax in Melide on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Melide have?

Melide has 1'812 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Melide?

Melide has 690 foreign residents, a share of 38.08% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI

Melide

6815

TI CANTON6815

Residents

1'812

Area

5.2 km²

Population density

349 pop./km²

Elevation

287 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

535 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

65%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

898 49.6%

Men

914 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

275 15.2%

Swiss citizens

1'122 61.9%

Foreign residents

690 38.1%

Population density

349 pop./km²

0–19 · 275 · 15.2%20–64 · 1'061 · 58.6%65+ · 476 · 26.3%

Foreign residents 38.1%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Melide

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

54.9% YesNo 45.1%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

48.0% YesNo 52.0%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

50.7% YesNo 49.3%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

30.6% YesNo 69.4%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

67.0% YesNo 33.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

57.1% YesNo 43.0%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine engagierte Schweiz (Service-citoyen-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 15.9% Yes

11.0% YesNo 89.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP24.2% · strongest party

FDP24.2%

SVP19.6%

SP15.1%

Mitte14.3%

Lega10.5%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier65%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

65%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 9 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'679 CHF(12.7%)

Rank 6 of 100 in the canton · 425 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:12'679 CHF(~12.7%)

MelideCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Melide	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	6.1%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	7.9%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	9.3%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	10.6%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	11.6%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	12.7%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	13.6%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	14.5%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	15.3%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	16.1%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	16.8%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	18.5%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	19.9%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.1%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	22.2%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	23.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	23.9%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.6 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)12.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'654 mm

10.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

535 m

Mean elevation

297 m

Relief

265 m

Mean slope

9.4°

Flat share

69.1%

South-facing

3.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 265 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

10.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'200

10 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

25.13 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.95 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.33 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.13 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 25.13 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Aziende Industriali di Lugano (AIL) 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

1.14 %

Avg. rooms

3.1

Dwellings

1'318

Built before 194617.1%

Built since 200113.4%

1.14 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 20 min · Car 15 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 90/100 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitemelide.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities1'812 #50 TI · #1028 CH Families & children15.2% #74 TI · #1968 CH Age structure26.3% #45 TI · #284 CH Women share49.6% #75 TI · #1224 CH Foreign residents38.1% #10 TI · #98 CH Population density349/km² #48 TI · #692 CH Tax burden12'679 #10 TI · #429 CH Taxes65% #9 TI Warmest municipalities10.6 °C #42 TI · #189 CH Sunniest municipalities55.3% #41 TI · #63 CH Rainiest municipalities1'654 mm #68 TI · #132 CH Voter turnout56.2% #42 TI · #917 CH Against Switzerland22% #52 TI · #428 CH Aligned with Switzerland78% #23 TI · #1050 CH SVP strongholds19.6% #19 TI · #1803 CH SP strongholds15.1% #12 TI · #937 CH Centre strongholds14.3% #75 TI · #878 CH FDP strongholds24.2% #22 TI · #262 CH GLP strongholds1% #71 TI · #1931 CH Green strongholds6.4% #73 TI · #1231 CH Largest by area5.2 km² #64 TI · #1524 CH Highest municipalities287 m #80 TI · #2069 CH Remotest municipalities20 min #90 TI · #2091 CH Best-connected municipalities20 min #12 TI · #23 CH Highest peaks535 m #81 TI · #1762 CH Highest-lying municipalities297 m #94 TI · #2101 CH Greatest vertical range265 m #79 TI · #1102 CH Steepest municipalities9.4° #84 TI · #980 CH Solar potential10 GWh #82 TI · #1551 CH Cheapest electricity25.13 Rp./kWh #25 TI · #327 CH Most expensive electricity25.13 Rp./kWh #69 TI · #1774 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6815

Melide

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Melide6815

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Melide?: The postal code of Melide is 6815.
What is the tax rate in Melide?: The municipal tax multiplier of Melide is 65% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Melide?: A single person without children pays about 12'679 CHF income tax in Melide on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Melide have?: Melide has 1'812 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Melide?: Melide has 690 foreign residents, a share of 38.08% (2025).

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