What is the postal code of Oulens-sous-Echallens?

The postal code of Oulens-sous-Echallens is 1377.

What is the tax rate in Oulens-sous-Echallens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oulens-sous-Echallens is 71% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Oulens-sous-Echallens?

A single person without children pays about 16'222 CHF income tax in Oulens-sous-Echallens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 161 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oulens-sous-Echallens have?

Oulens-sous-Echallens has 609 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oulens-sous-Echallens?

Oulens-sous-Echallens has 90 foreign residents, a share of 14.78% (2025).

Oulens-sous-Echallens (VD): Postal Codes 1377, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

298 48.9%

Men

311 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

138 22.7%

Swiss citizens

519 85.2%

Foreign residents

90 14.8%

Population density

104 pop./km²

0–19 · 138 · 22.7%20–64 · 374 · 61.4%65+ · 97 · 15.9%

Foreign residents 14.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +6 (+1%) · 9 births · 4 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 Oulens-sous-Echallens

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 19.4% Yes

11.9% YesNo 88.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 28.8% Yes

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 58.2% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 52.8% Yes

53.1% YesNo 46.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 43.9% Yes

47.2% YesNo 52.8%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 37.7% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 51.0% Yes

59.0% YesNo 41.0%

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 40.8% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

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 Gros-de-Vaud: 43.4% Yes

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 65.1% Yes

69.6% YesNo 30.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP31.4% · strongest party

FDP31.4%

SVP30.1%

SP14.6%

GRÜNE7.4%

GLP6.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier71%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

71%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 165 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'222 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 161 of 300 in the canton · 1398 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:16'222 CHF(~16.2%)

Oulens-sous-EchallensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oulens-sous-Echallens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.2%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.6%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.2%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020972 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

610 m

Mean elevation

586 m

Relief

114 m

Mean slope

4.1°

Flat share

74.9%

South-facing

1.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 114 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

8.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'900

Per inhabitant

14'154 kWh/yr

9 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 Oulens-sous-Echallens →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

2.83 %

Second homes

9.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

283

Built before 194646.3%

Built since 200128.6%

2.83 %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

144

Workplaces

51

Services share

60.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 37 (25.7%) · Secondary 20 (13.9%) · Tertiary 87 (60.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

12

Organic share

8.3 %

Farmland

355 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 54 min · Car 24 min

AgglomerationPT 54 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 145/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5529

Head of governmentDominique Tille

Websiteoulens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Gros-de-Vaud

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Oulens-sous-Echallens ranks

35

Largest municipalities609 #185 VD · #1714 CH Growing municipalities1% #112 VD · #796 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #189 VD · #1315 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #171 VD · #1595 CH Families & children22.7% #140 VD · #382 CH Age structure15.9% #219 VD · #1911 CH Women share48.9% #234 VD · #1573 CH Foreign residents14.8% #227 VD · #1298 CH Population density104/km² #178 VD · #1447 CH Tax burden16'222 #167 VD · #1404 CH Taxes71% #165 VD Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #126 VD · #451 CH Sunniest municipalities44% #227 VD · #842 CH Rainiest municipalities972 mm #232 VD · #1748 CH Voter turnout68.6% #35 VD · #94 CH SVP strongholds30.1% #84 VD · #1268 CH SP strongholds14.6% #260 VD · #993 CH Centre strongholds4.6% #152 VD · #1835 CH FDP strongholds31.4% #26 VD · #65 CH GLP strongholds6.6% #168 VD · #847 CH Green strongholds7.4% #250 VD · #1009 CH Largest by area5.9 km² #145 VD · #1412 CH Highest municipalities588 m #138 VD · #861 CH Second homes9.5% #177 VD · #1303 CH Organic farming8.3% #163 VD · #1354 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #154 VD · #606 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #145 VD · #1526 CH Highest peaks610 m #198 VD · #1498 CH Highest-lying municipalities586 m #155 VD · #1070 CH Greatest vertical range114 m #212 VD · #1768 CH Steepest municipalities4.1° #206 VD · #1732 CH Solar potential9 GWh #169 VD · #1642 CH Solar potential per capita14'154 kWh #89 VD · #514 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #36 VD · #1249 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #207 VD · #800 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1377

Oulens-sous-Echallens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Oulens-sous-Echallens1377

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oulens-sous-Echallens?: The postal code of Oulens-sous-Echallens is 1377.
What is the tax rate in Oulens-sous-Echallens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oulens-sous-Echallens is 71% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Oulens-sous-Echallens?: A single person without children pays about 16'222 CHF income tax in Oulens-sous-Echallens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 161 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oulens-sous-Echallens have?: Oulens-sous-Echallens has 609 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oulens-sous-Echallens?: Oulens-sous-Echallens has 90 foreign residents, a share of 14.78% (2025).

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