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 · District de Morges

Mollens

1146

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

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%

Population change 2025: −4 (−1.2%) · 1 births · 2 deaths · net migration −3

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 Mollens

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 Morges: 22.8% Yes

18.4% YesNo 81.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Morges: 25.7% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District de Morges: 54.3% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Morges: 47.9% Yes

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Morges: 35.6% Yes

53.1% YesNo 46.9%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 39.0% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Morges: 49.2% Yes

41.4% YesNo 58.7%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 42.3% Yes

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District de Morges: 44.7% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Morges: 67.4% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

All federal votes →

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

17'875 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

28.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

28.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 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.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Mollens →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Vaud. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Vaud (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

2.48 %

Second homes

15.4 %

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 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

52 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 32 (42.7%) · Secondary 4 (5.3%) · Tertiary 39 (52.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

456 ha

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

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 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5431

Head of governmentAlexandre Rosset

Websitemollensvd.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Morges

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Mollens ranks

Largest municipalities320 #252 VD · #1951 CH Growing municipalities-1.2% #253 VD · #1871 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.2% #47 VD · #239 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #183 VD · #1646 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 turnout60.3% #172 VD · #566 CH SVP strongholds32.7% #58 VD · #1115 CH SP strongholds27.6% #42 VD · #96 CH Centre strongholds2.3% #288 VD · #2041 CH FDP strongholds16.6% #250 VD · #693 CH GLP strongholds3.2% #276 VD · #1554 CH Green strongholds10.6% #178 VD · #488 CH Largest by area11 km² #83 VD · #899 CH Highest municipalities742 m #60 VD · #519 CH Second homes15.4% #50 VD · #542 CH Organic farming6.3% #179 VD · #1473 CH Best-connected municipalities81 min #260 VD · #1370 CH Remotest municipalities81 min #37 VD · #747 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 Solar potential per capita17'875 kWh #41 VD · #262 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #122 VD · #1420 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #71 VD · #579 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1146

Mollens VD

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Mollens VD1146

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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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