What is the postal code of Molondin?

The postal code of Molondin is 1415.

What is the tax rate in Molondin?

The municipal tax multiplier of Molondin is 81% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Molondin?

A single person without children pays about 16'887 CHF income tax in Molondin on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 293 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Molondin have?

Molondin has 260 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Molondin?

Molondin has 45 foreign residents, a share of 17.31% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Molondin

1415

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

129 49.6%

Men

131 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

60 23.1%

Swiss citizens

215 82.7%

Foreign residents

45 17.3%

Population density

47 pop./km²

0–19 · 60 · 23.1%20–64 · 149 · 57.3%65+ · 51 · 19.6%

Foreign residents 17.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −9 (−3.4%) · 1 births · 3 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 Molondin

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 23.6% Yes

19.6% YesNo 80.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 31.3% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 51.4% Yes

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.7% Yes

59.8% YesNo 40.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 41.7% Yes

39.6% YesNo 60.4%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 42.7% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 47.0% Yes

67.7% YesNo 32.3%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 45.8% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.9% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 64.5% Yes

62.2% YesNo 37.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.2% · strongest party

SVP39.2%

FDP24.1%

SP12.2%

GRÜNE9.1%

GLP6.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier81%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

81%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 296 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'887 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 293 of 300 in the canton · 1805 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:16'887 CHF(~16.9%)

MolondinCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Molondin	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.7%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.9%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	15%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21.4%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23.4%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	25.2%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.8%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	28.2%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29.5%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30.5%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'051 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

729 m

Mean elevation

624 m

Relief

241 m

Mean slope

8.8°

Flat share

36.7%

South-facing

4.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 241 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

4.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

17'385 kWh/yr

5 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

27.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

27.89 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0 %

Second homes

15.9 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

131

Built before 194680.9%

Built since 200110.7%

0 %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 23 (27.4%) · Secondary 13 (15.5%) · Tertiary 48 (57.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

22.2 %

Farmland

277 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 93 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 15/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5921

Head of governmentAlexandre Correvon

Websitemolondin.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Molondin ranks

Largest municipalities260 #264 VD · #1979 CH Growing municipalities-3.4% #289 VD · #2066 CH Shrinking municipalities-3.4% #12 VD · #43 CH Jobs per resident0.32 #128 VD · #1198 CH Families & children23.1% #122 VD · #297 CH Age structure19.6% #90 VD · #1328 CH Women share49.6% #202 VD · #1239 CH Foreign residents17.3% #196 VD · #1101 CH Population density47/km² #265 VD · #1799 CH Tax burden16'887 #293 VD · #1806 CH Taxes81% #296 VD Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #205 VD · #1008 CH Sunniest municipalities43.3% #285 VD · #972 CH Rainiest municipalities1'051 mm #157 VD · #1383 CH Voter turnout62% #142 VD · #426 CH SVP strongholds39.2% #20 VD · #709 CH SP strongholds12.2% #287 VD · #1278 CH Centre strongholds4.5% #166 VD · #1854 CH FDP strongholds24.1% #137 VD · #271 CH GLP strongholds6.9% #160 VD · #783 CH Green strongholds9.1% #216 VD · #696 CH Largest by area5.5 km² #166 VD · #1486 CH Highest municipalities611 m #123 VD · #786 CH Second homes15.9% #45 VD · #512 CH Organic farming22.2% #68 VD · #556 CH Best-connected municipalities93 min #287 VD · #1616 CH Remotest municipalities93 min #15 VD · #505 CH Highest peaks729 m #129 VD · #1133 CH Highest-lying municipalities624 m #125 VD · #943 CH Greatest vertical range241 m #110 VD · #1171 CH Steepest municipalities8.8° #80 VD · #1044 CH Solar potential5 GWh #252 VD · #1955 CH Solar potential per capita17'385 kWh #46 VD · #287 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #101 VD · #1314 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #272 VD · #865 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1415

Molondin

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Molondin1415

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Molondin?: The postal code of Molondin is 1415.
What is the tax rate in Molondin?: The municipal tax multiplier of Molondin is 81% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Molondin?: A single person without children pays about 16'887 CHF income tax in Molondin on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 293 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Molondin have?: Molondin has 260 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Molondin?: Molondin has 45 foreign residents, a share of 17.31% (2025).

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