What is the postal code of Mergoscia?

The postal code of Mergoscia is 6647.

What is the tax rate in Mergoscia?

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

How much tax do you pay in Mergoscia?

A single person without children pays about 15'003 CHF income tax in Mergoscia on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 96 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Mergoscia have?

Mergoscia has 194 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Mergoscia?

Mergoscia has 15 foreign residents, a share of 7.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Locarno

Mergoscia

6647

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

98 50.5%

Men

96 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

32 16.5%

Swiss citizens

179 92.3%

Foreign residents

15 7.7%

Population density

16 pop./km²

0–19 · 32 · 16.5%20–64 · 95 · 49.0%65+ · 67 · 34.5%

Foreign residents 7.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −7 (−3.5%) · 2 births · 1 deaths · net migration −8

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 Mergoscia

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 Locarno: 32.4% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 45.4% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.4% Yes

36.1% YesNo 63.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 49.3% Yes

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 71.2% Yes

73.4% YesNo 26.6%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 31.4% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.8% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

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 Locarno: 29.1% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.0% Yes

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.7% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP24.4% · strongest party

SP24.4%

Übrige17.9%

GRÜNE16.6%

SVP15.0%

FDP10.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier100%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

100%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 100 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'003 CHF(15%)

Rank 96 of 100 in the canton · 1001 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:15'003 CHF(~15%)

MergosciaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

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

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'765 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'041 m

Mean elevation

1'175 m

Relief

1'624 m

Mean slope

35.2°

Flat share

1.6%

South-facing

38.6%

Above 2000 m

0.2%

Relief 1'624 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

5.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

8.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'300

Per inhabitant

30'206 kWh/yr

6 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 Mergoscia →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

1.1 %

Second homes

82.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

545

Built before 194673.0%

Built since 20013.9%

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

1.1 %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

57.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 20 (57.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

27 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 89 min · Car 58 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 16/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5117

Websitemergoscia.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Locarno

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Mergoscia ranks

Largest municipalities194 #94 TI · #2034 CH Growing municipalities-3.5% #95 TI · #2068 CH Shrinking municipalities-3.5% #5 TI · #39 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #87 TI · #1868 CH Families & children16.5% #58 TI · #1883 CH Age structure34.5% #13 TI · #35 CH Women share50.5% #58 TI · #643 CH Foreign residents7.7% #95 TI · #1880 CH Population density16/km² #86 TI · #2004 CH Tax burden15'003 #99 TI · #1004 CH Taxes100% #100 TI Warmest municipalities10 °C #55 TI · #553 CH Sunniest municipalities55.3% #39 TI · #61 CH Rainiest municipalities1'765 mm #48 TI · #92 CH Voter turnout58.7% #32 TI · #736 CH SVP strongholds15% #56 TI · #1995 CH SP strongholds24.4% #2 TI · #203 CH Centre strongholds7% #100 TI · #1572 CH FDP strongholds10.6% #96 TI · #1328 CH GLP strongholds1% #69 TI · #1933 CH Green strongholds16.6% #4 TI · #73 CH Largest by area12.2 km² #39 TI · #804 CH Highest municipalities1'133 m #9 TI · #189 CH Second homes82.9% #4 TI · #7 CH Organic farming20% #25 TI · #646 CH Best-connected municipalities89 min #86 TI · #1550 CH Remotest municipalities89 min #16 TI · #569 CH Highest peaks2'041 m #32 TI · #349 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'175 m #23 TI · #309 CH Greatest vertical range1'624 m #33 TI · #306 CH Steepest municipalities35.2° #5 TI · #9 CH Solar potential6 GWh #89 TI · #1842 CH Solar potential per capita30'206 kWh #5 TI · #43 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #75 TI · #1564 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #20 TI · #537 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6647

Mergoscia

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Mergoscia6647

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Mergoscia?: The postal code of Mergoscia is 6647.
What is the tax rate in Mergoscia?: The municipal tax multiplier of Mergoscia is 100% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Mergoscia?: A single person without children pays about 15'003 CHF income tax in Mergoscia on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 96 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Mergoscia have?: Mergoscia has 194 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Mergoscia?: Mergoscia has 15 foreign residents, a share of 7.73% (2025).

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