What is the postal code of Raron?

Raron has 2 postal codes: 3930, 3942.

What is the tax rate in Raron?

The municipal tax multiplier of Raron is 120% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Raron?

A single person without children pays about 15'133 CHF income tax in Raron on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 50 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Raron have?

Raron has 2'030 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Raron?

Raron has 360 foreign residents, a share of 17.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Raron

Raron

3930–3942

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'009 49.7%

Men

1'021 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

401 19.8%

Swiss citizens

1'670 82.3%

Foreign residents

360 17.7%

Population density

67 pop./km²

0–19 · 401 · 19.8%20–64 · 1'187 · 58.5%65+ · 442 · 21.8%

Foreign residents 17.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +6 (+0.3%) · 15 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 Raron

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 Bezirk Raron: 15.2% Yes

15.3% YesNo 84.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 31.6% Yes

32.4% YesNo 67.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 59.3% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 53.1% Yes

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 33.4% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 18.4% Yes

17.6% YesNo 82.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 42.1% Yes

40.6% YesNo 59.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 38.9% Yes

43.1% YesNo 57.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 72.4% Yes

68.2% YesNo 31.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Raron: 43.2% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte63.7% · strongest party

Mitte63.7%

SVP24.4%

SP6.5%

FDP2.0%

GRÜNE2.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier120%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

120%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 46 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'133 CHF(15.1%)

Rank 50 of 122 in the canton · 1025 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'413 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Bister VS 13'690 CHF · most expensive Grächen 17'302 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'133 CHF(~15.1%)

RaronCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

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Gross income	Raron	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	8.4%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	10%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	11.5%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.7%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	13.8%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	15.1%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	16.4%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	17.4%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	18.6%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	20.8%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	23.6%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.6%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	26.8%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.7%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	29.2%	27.4–31.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.1 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)3.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020709 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'920 m

Mean elevation

1'849 m

Relief

3'294 m

Mean slope

31.1°

Flat share

12.8%

South-facing

37.1%

Above 2000 m

48.1%

Relief 3'294 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

28.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

37.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'200

Per inhabitant

13'847 kWh/yr

28 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

24.22 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.84 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.8 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.25 Rp./kWh

24.22 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EVR Energieversorgung Raron AG

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 300522 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Raron →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Valais. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Valais (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

1.06 %

Second homes

15.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'041

Built before 194615.9%

Built since 200119.4%

1.06 %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

1'179

Workplaces

159

Services share

47.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 120 (10.2%) · Secondary 501 (42.5%) · Tertiary 558 (47.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

325 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 92 min · Car 95 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 95/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6199

Websiteraron.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Raron

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Raron ranks

Largest municipalities2'030 #44 VS · #964 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #77 VS · #1234 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #46 VS · #878 CH Jobs per resident0.58 #22 VS · #374 CH Families & children19.8% #40 VS · #1232 CH Age structure21.8% #79 VS · #903 CH Women share49.7% #53 VS · #1164 CH Foreign residents17.7% #58 VS · #1066 CH Population density67/km² #53 VS · #1669 CH Tax burden15'133 #51 VS · #1026 CH Taxes120% #46 VS Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #47 VS · #1694 CH Sunniest municipalities55% #25 VS · #79 CH Rainiest municipalities709 mm #93 VS · #2072 CH Voter turnout53.8% #64 VS · #1389 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #19 VS · #439 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #54 VS · #1060 CH SVP strongholds24.4% #67 VS · #1587 CH SP strongholds6.5% #82 VS · #1835 CH Centre strongholds63.7% #9 VS · #23 CH FDP strongholds2% #100 VS · #2028 CH GLP strongholds1.4% #75 VS · #1886 CH Green strongholds2% #106 VS · #1962 CH Largest by area30.4 km² #52 VS · #308 CH Highest municipalities644 m #90 VS · #709 CH Second homes15.7% #97 VS · #528 CH Organic farming20% #51 VS · #665 CH Best-connected municipalities92 min #27 VS · #1600 CH Remotest municipalities92 min #95 VS · #518 CH Highest peaks3'920 m #21 VS · #26 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'849 m #58 VS · #120 CH Greatest vertical range3'294 m #6 VS · #9 CH Steepest municipalities31.1° #23 VS · #67 CH Solar potential28 GWh #39 VS · #727 CH Solar potential per capita13'847 kWh #56 VS · #551 CH Cheapest electricity24.22 Rp./kWh #23 VS · #256 CH Most expensive electricity24.22 Rp./kWh #100 VS · #1851 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Niedergesteln3942 Raron3942 St. German3942 Visp3930

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Raron?: Raron has 2 postal codes: 3930, 3942.
What is the tax rate in Raron?: The municipal tax multiplier of Raron is 120% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Raron?: A single person without children pays about 15'133 CHF income tax in Raron on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 50 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Raron have?: Raron has 2'030 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Raron?: Raron has 360 foreign residents, a share of 17.73% (2025).

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