What is the postal code of Prangins?

Prangins has 2 postal codes: 1197, 1260.

What is the tax rate in Prangins?

The municipal tax multiplier of Prangins is 57% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Prangins?

A single person without children pays about 15'290 CHF income tax in Prangins on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Prangins have?

Prangins has 4'236 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Prangins?

Prangins has 1'264 foreign residents, a share of 29.84% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Nyon

Prangins

1197–1260

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'213 52.2%

Men

2'023 47.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

954 22.5%

Swiss citizens

2'972 70.2%

Foreign residents

1'264 29.8%

Population density

366 pop./km²

0–19 · 954 · 22.5%20–64 · 2'437 · 57.5%65+ · 845 · 19.9%

Foreign residents 29.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −35 (−0.8%) · 29 births · 23 deaths · net migration −47

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 Prangins

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 Nyon: 23.1% Yes

23.9% YesNo 76.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 27.6% Yes

25.3% YesNo 74.7%

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 de Nyon: 61.6% Yes

57.6% YesNo 42.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 50.7% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 34.4% Yes

31.1% YesNo 68.9%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 37.7% Yes

38.6% YesNo 61.5%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 51.5% Yes

50.8% YesNo 49.2%

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 Nyon: 39.9% Yes

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

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 Nyon: 42.9% Yes

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 67.8% 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

FDP24.4% · strongest party

FDP24.4%

SP22.9%

SVP17.7%

GRÜNE13.7%

GLP10.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier57%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

57%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 14 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'290 CHF(15.3%)

Rank 12 of 300 in the canton · 1050 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:15'290 CHF(~15.3%)

PranginsCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Prangins	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	3.9%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.2%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.6%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	12.6%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	13.5%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.2%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.3%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.2%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.1%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	17.9%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.8%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	19.5%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	21.4%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.1%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	24.5%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	25.9%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.1%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.1%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020935 mm

10.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

433 m

Mean elevation

390 m

Relief

61 m

Mean slope

1.2°

Flat share

94.0%

South-facing

2.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 61 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

27.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

35.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'100

Per inhabitant

6'431 kWh/yr

27 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

32.13 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.45 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.26 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

32.13 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Société Electrique Intercommunale de la Côte 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 Prangins →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

1.44 %

Second homes

8.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'939

Built before 194612.8%

Built since 200129.2%

1.44 %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

2'110

Workplaces

206

Services share

56.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 15 (0.7%) · Secondary 910 (43.1%) · Tertiary 1'185 (56.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

253 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 42 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 40 min

Remoteness 233/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5725

Head of governmentFrançois Bryand

Websiteprangins.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Nyon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Prangins ranks

Largest municipalities4'236 #44 VD · #529 CH Growing municipalities-0.8% #234 VD · #1752 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.8% #67 VD · #358 CH Jobs per resident0.5 #66 VD · #548 CH Families & children22.5% #157 VD · #432 CH Age structure19.9% #82 VD · #1276 CH Women share52.2% #33 VD · #116 CH Foreign residents29.8% #61 VD · #315 CH Population density366/km² #64 VD · #657 CH Tax burden15'290 #15 VD · #1055 CH Taxes57% #14 VD Warmest municipalities10.9 °C #30 VD · #106 CH Sunniest municipalities47.5% #31 VD · #370 CH Rainiest municipalities935 mm #267 VD · #1857 CH Voter turnout63.4% #113 VD · #297 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #36 VD · #562 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #109 VD · #915 CH SVP strongholds17.7% #248 VD · #1895 CH SP strongholds22.9% #113 VD · #277 CH Centre strongholds6.8% #47 VD · #1600 CH FDP strongholds24.4% #128 VD · #256 CH GLP strongholds10.8% #45 VD · #234 CH Green strongholds13.7% #69 VD · #209 CH Largest by area11.6 km² #78 VD · #851 CH Highest municipalities414 m #280 VD · #1822 CH Second homes8.4% #215 VD · #1525 CH Organic farming0% #257 VD · #2006 CH Best-connected municipalities42 min #69 VD · #282 CH Remotest municipalities42 min #233 VD · #1840 CH Highest peaks433 m #289 VD · #2050 CH Highest-lying municipalities390 m #280 VD · #2003 CH Greatest vertical range61 m #279 VD · #2004 CH Steepest municipalities1.2° #284 VD · #2066 CH Solar potential27 GWh #61 VD · #758 CH Solar potential per capita6'431 kWh #268 VD · #1769 CH Cheapest electricity32.13 Rp./kWh #291 VD · #2002 CH Most expensive electricity32.13 Rp./kWh #11 VD · #106 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Nyon1260 Prangins1197

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Prangins?: Prangins has 2 postal codes: 1197, 1260.
What is the tax rate in Prangins?: The municipal tax multiplier of Prangins is 57% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Prangins?: A single person without children pays about 15'290 CHF income tax in Prangins on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Prangins have?: Prangins has 4'236 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Prangins?: Prangins has 1'264 foreign residents, a share of 29.84% (2025).

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