What is the postal code of Orzens?

The postal code of Orzens is 1413.

What is the tax rate in Orzens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Orzens is 79% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Orzens?

A single person without children pays about 16'764 CHF income tax in Orzens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 288 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Orzens have?

Orzens has 217 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Orzens?

Orzens has 25 foreign residents, a share of 11.52% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Orzens

1413

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

106 48.8%

Men

111 51.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

48 22.1%

Swiss citizens

192 88.5%

Foreign residents

25 11.5%

Population density

52 pop./km²

0–19 · 48 · 22.1%20–64 · 122 · 56.2%65+ · 47 · 21.7%

Foreign residents 11.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +3 (+1.4%) · 5 births · 0 deaths · net migration −1

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 Orzens

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

18.0% YesNo 82.0%

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

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

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

42.6% YesNo 57.4%

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

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

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

44.1% YesNo 55.9%

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

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

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

45.0% YesNo 55.1%

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

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

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

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

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

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP48.7% · strongest party

SVP48.7%

FDP12.6%

GRÜNE11.3%

SP11.2%

PdA/Sol.6.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier79%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

79%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 288 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'764 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 288 of 300 in the canton · 1744 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:16'764 CHF(~16.8%)

OrzensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Orzens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.6%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.8%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.7%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21.3%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	25%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.6%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	28%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29.3%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30.3%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'015 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

686 m

Mean elevation

618 m

Relief

188 m

Mean slope

5.3°

Flat share

60.3%

South-facing

5.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 188 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

4.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

19'908 kWh/yr

4 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 Orzens →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

1.87 %

Second homes

14.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

107

Built before 194669.2%

Built since 20017.5%

1.87 %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

32.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 17 (25.0%) · Secondary 29 (42.6%) · Tertiary 22 (32.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

207 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 69 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 80/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5925

Head of governmentThierry Perey

Websiteorzens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Orzens ranks

Largest municipalities217 #278 VD · #2018 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #88 VD · #586 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #214 VD · #1527 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #135 VD · #1258 CH Families & children22.1% #187 VD · #531 CH Age structure21.7% #47 VD · #919 CH Women share48.8% #242 VD · #1619 CH Foreign residents11.5% #265 VD · #1584 CH Population density52/km² #259 VD · #1769 CH Tax burden16'764 #288 VD · #1744 CH Taxes79% #288 VD Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #184 VD · #853 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #221 VD · #828 CH Rainiest municipalities1'015 mm #189 VD · #1562 CH Voter turnout69.7% #25 VD · #68 CH SVP strongholds48.7% #5 VD · #274 CH SP strongholds11.2% #293 VD · #1394 CH Centre strongholds5.4% #109 VD · #1757 CH FDP strongholds12.6% #287 VD · #1081 CH GLP strongholds3.9% #256 VD · #1435 CH Green strongholds11.3% #160 VD · #420 CH Largest by area4.2 km² #193 VD · #1687 CH Highest municipalities622 m #116 VD · #761 CH Second homes14.2% #72 VD · #657 CH Organic farming16.7% #103 VD · #813 CH Best-connected municipalities69 min #226 VD · #1067 CH Remotest municipalities69 min #80 VD · #1069 CH Highest peaks686 m #154 VD · #1254 CH Highest-lying municipalities618 m #130 VD · #955 CH Greatest vertical range188 m #143 VD · #1426 CH Steepest municipalities5.3° #161 VD · #1520 CH Solar potential4 GWh #256 VD · #1966 CH Solar potential per capita19'908 kWh #29 VD · #189 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #104 VD · #1317 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #275 VD · #868 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1413

Orzens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Orzens1413

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

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VD · 3.3 km

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VD · 3.4 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Orzens?: The postal code of Orzens is 1413.
What is the tax rate in Orzens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Orzens is 79% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Orzens?: A single person without children pays about 16'764 CHF income tax in Orzens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 288 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Orzens have?: Orzens has 217 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Orzens?: Orzens has 25 foreign residents, a share of 11.52% (2025).

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