What is the postal code of Mollens?

The postal code of Mollens is 1146.

What is the tax rate in Mollens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Mollens is 74% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Mollens?

A single person without children pays about 16'421 CHF income tax in Mollens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Mollens have?

Mollens has 320 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Mollens?

Mollens has 60 foreign residents, a share of 18.75% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD

Mollens

1146

VD CANTON1146

Residents

320

Area

11 km²

Population density

29 pop./km²

Elevation

742 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

1'592 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

74%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

143 44.7%

Men

177 55.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

48 15.0%

Swiss citizens

260 81.3%

Foreign residents

60 18.8%

Population density

29 pop./km²

0–19 · 48 · 15.0%20–64 · 218 · 68.1%65+ · 54 · 16.9%

Foreign residents 18.8%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Mollens

BFS

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

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

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

53.1% YesNo 46.9%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

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

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

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

40.6% YesNo 59.4%

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

33.1% YesNo 66.9%

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

96.8% YesNo 3.2%

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

43.2% YesNo 56.8%

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

20.8% YesNo 79.2%

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

8.3% YesNo 91.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP32.7% · strongest party

SVP32.7%

SP27.6%

FDP16.6%

GRÜNE10.6%

PdA/Sol.5.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier74%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

74%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 215 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'421 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 211 of 300 in the canton · 1519 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'421 CHF(~16.4%)

MollensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Mollens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.4%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.1%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.9%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.8%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.5%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.8%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'381 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'592 m

Mean elevation

937 m

Relief

927 m

Mean slope

9.9°

Flat share

38.9%

South-facing

15.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 927 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

5.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'300

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

30.02 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.04 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.59 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

30.02 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 30.42 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Romande Energie 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

2.48 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

161

Built before 194689.4%

Built since 20011.2%

2.48 %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 81 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 81 min · Car 41 min

Remoteness 37/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Head of governmentAlexandre Rosset

Websitemollensvd.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities320 #252 VD · #1951 CH Families & children15% #298 VD · #1985 CH Age structure16.9% #177 VD · #1794 CH Women share44.7% #298 VD · #2085 CH Foreign residents18.8% #171 VD · #970 CH Population density29/km² #289 VD · #1906 CH Tax burden16'421 #214 VD · #1522 CH Taxes74% #215 VD Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #265 VD · #1693 CH Sunniest municipalities45.3% #140 VD · #629 CH Rainiest municipalities1'381 mm #33 VD · #381 CH Voter turnout57.7% #185 VD · #731 CH SVP strongholds32.7% #58 VD · #1114 CH SP strongholds27.6% #42 VD · #96 CH Centre strongholds2.3% #288 VD · #2036 CH FDP strongholds16.6% #250 VD · #692 CH GLP strongholds3.2% #276 VD · #1551 CH Green strongholds10.6% #178 VD · #486 CH Largest by area11 km² #83 VD · #899 CH Highest municipalities742 m #60 VD · #518 CH Remotest municipalities81 min #37 VD · #747 CH Best-connected municipalities81 min #260 VD · #1370 CH Highest peaks1'592 m #25 VD · #434 CH Highest-lying municipalities937 m #47 VD · #475 CH Greatest vertical range927 m #30 VD · #460 CH Steepest municipalities9.9° #60 VD · #936 CH Solar potential6 GWh #222 VD · #1856 CH Cheapest electricity30.02 Rp./kWh #122 VD · #1511 CH Most expensive electricity30.02 Rp./kWh #69 VD · #486 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1146

Mollens VD

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Mollens VD1146

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Mollens?: The postal code of Mollens is 1146.
What is the tax rate in Mollens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Mollens is 74% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Mollens?: A single person without children pays about 16'421 CHF income tax in Mollens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Mollens have?: Mollens has 320 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Mollens?: Mollens has 60 foreign residents, a share of 18.75% (2025).

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