What is the postal code of Ormont-Dessus?

Ormont-Dessus has 2 postal codes: 1864, 1865.

What is the tax rate in Ormont-Dessus?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ormont-Dessus is 76% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Ormont-Dessus?

A single person without children pays about 16'554 CHF income tax in Ormont-Dessus on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ormont-Dessus have?

Ormont-Dessus has 1'438 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ormont-Dessus?

Ormont-Dessus has 353 foreign residents, a share of 24.55% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District d'Aigle

Ormont-Dessus

1864–1865

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

725 50.4%

Men

713 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

219 15.2%

Swiss citizens

1'085 75.5%

Foreign residents

353 24.6%

Population density

23 pop./km²

0–19 · 219 · 15.2%20–64 · 780 · 54.2%65+ · 439 · 30.5%

Foreign residents 24.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+0.4%) · 8 births · 17 deaths · net migration +13

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 Ormont-Dessus

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 d'Aigle: 24.7% Yes

18.8% YesNo 81.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 32.3% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

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 d'Aigle: 57.8% Yes

65.9% YesNo 34.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 51.3% Yes

56.9% YesNo 43.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 43.3% Yes

45.5% YesNo 54.5%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 39.3% Yes

35.9% YesNo 64.1%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 47.7% Yes

59.6% YesNo 40.5%

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 d'Aigle: 41.8% Yes

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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 d'Aigle: 45.6% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 65.3% Yes

64.8% YesNo 35.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP36.6% · strongest party

FDP36.6%

SVP26.7%

SP17.4%

GRÜNE6.4%

Mitte4.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

76%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 252 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'554 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 245 of 300 in the canton · 1611 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:16'554 CHF(~16.6%)

Ormont-DessusCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ormont-Dessus	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	11.5%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.7%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.4 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)4.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'480 mm

6.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'176 m

Mean elevation

1'753 m

Relief

2'170 m

Mean slope

26.6°

Flat share

3.4%

South-facing

33.3%

Above 2000 m

26.0%

Relief 2'170 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

44.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

60.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'900

Per inhabitant

30'939 kWh/yr

44 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

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.82 Rp./kWh

28.79 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 Ormont-Dessus →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

1.3 %

Second homes

67.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

2'386

Built before 194630.7%

Built since 200116.1%

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

1.3 %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

783

Workplaces

212

Services share

75.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 27 (3.4%) · Secondary 166 (21.2%) · Tertiary 590 (75.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

399 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 104 min · Car 66 min

AgglomerationPT 55 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 5/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5411

Head of governmentPhilippe Grobety

Websiteormont-dessus.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict d'Aigle

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ormont-Dessus ranks

Largest municipalities1'438 #102 VD · #1200 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #167 VD · #1208 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #134 VD · #905 CH Jobs per resident0.54 #57 VD · #455 CH Families & children15.2% #297 VD · #1971 CH Age structure30.5% #3 VD · #89 CH Women share50.4% #126 VD · #704 CH Foreign residents24.6% #110 VD · #575 CH Population density23/km² #295 VD · #1950 CH Tax burden16'554 #256 VD · #1622 CH Taxes76% #252 VD Warmest municipalities6.4 °C #282 VD · #1907 CH Sunniest municipalities51.3% #3 VD · #200 CH Rainiest municipalities1'480 mm #25 VD · #265 CH Voter turnout65.6% #68 VD · #181 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #112 VD · #944 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #18 VD · #542 CH SVP strongholds26.7% #119 VD · #1475 CH SP strongholds17.4% #213 VD · #700 CH Centre strongholds4.4% #167 VD · #1860 CH FDP strongholds36.6% #7 VD · #30 CH GLP strongholds3.2% #274 VD · #1552 CH Green strongholds6.4% #268 VD · #1236 CH Largest by area61.6 km² #6 VD · #131 CH Highest municipalities1'163 m #13 VD · #178 CH Second homes67.7% #2 VD · #60 CH Organic farming20% #72 VD · #650 CH Best-connected municipalities104 min #296 VD · #1772 CH Remotest municipalities104 min #5 VD · #347 CH Highest peaks3'176 m #1 VD · #101 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'753 m #1 VD · #147 CH Greatest vertical range2'170 m #3 VD · #157 CH Steepest municipalities26.6° #5 VD · #209 CH Solar potential44 GWh #35 VD · #400 CH Solar potential per capita30'939 kWh #4 VD · #40 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #239 VD · #1545 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #58 VD · #558 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Les Diablerets1865 Vers-l'Eglise1864

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ormont-Dessus?: Ormont-Dessus has 2 postal codes: 1864, 1865.
What is the tax rate in Ormont-Dessus?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ormont-Dessus is 76% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Ormont-Dessus?: A single person without children pays about 16'554 CHF income tax in Ormont-Dessus on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ormont-Dessus have?: Ormont-Dessus has 1'438 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ormont-Dessus?: Ormont-Dessus has 353 foreign residents, a share of 24.55% (2025).

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