What is the postal code of Riviera?

Riviera has 5 postal codes: 6526, 6527, 6703, 6705, 6707.

What is the tax rate in Riviera?

The municipal tax multiplier of Riviera is 95% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Riviera?

A single person without children pays about 14'671 CHF income tax in Riviera on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 83 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Riviera have?

Riviera has 4'262 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Riviera?

Riviera has 1'264 foreign residents, a share of 29.66% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Riviera

Riviera

6526–6707

TI CANTON6526 6527 6703 6705+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'115 49.6%

Men

2'147 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

830 19.5%

Swiss citizens

2'998 70.3%

Foreign residents

1'264 29.7%

Population density

49 pop./km²

0–19 · 830 · 19.5%20–64 · 2'610 · 61.2%65+ · 822 · 19.3%

Foreign residents 29.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −7 (−0.2%) · 28 births · 34 deaths · net migration −2

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 Riviera

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 Distretto di Riviera: 28.6% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 54.2% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 58.0% Yes

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 59.9% Yes

60.1% YesNo 39.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 76.9% Yes

78.2% YesNo 21.8%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 29.4% Yes

28.7% YesNo 71.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 41.1% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

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 Distretto di Riviera: 24.8% Yes

22.8% YesNo 77.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 50.4% Yes

48.6% YesNo 51.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 57.1% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte22.8% · strongest party

Mitte22.8%

FDP20.6%

Lega16.2%

SVP12.8%

SP12.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

95%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 83 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'671 CHF(14.7%)

Rank 83 of 100 in the canton · 961 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'671 CHF(~14.7%)

RivieraCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Riviera	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7.1%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.2%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.8%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12.3%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.4%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.7%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.7%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.7%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.6%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.4%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	19.2%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	21.1%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.6%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.9%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	26.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	27%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)6.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'509 mm

11.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'903 m

Mean elevation

1'360 m

Relief

2'659 m

Mean slope

35.3°

Flat share

8.6%

South-facing

19.5%

Above 2000 m

18.7%

Relief 2'659 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

42.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

55.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'500

Per inhabitant

10'012 kWh/yr

43 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

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 300683 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Riviera →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

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

1.33 %

Second homes

18.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

2'548

Built before 194630.4%

Built since 200121.5%

1.33 %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

1'515

Workplaces

299

Services share

37.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 61 (4.0%) · Secondary 882 (58.2%) · Tertiary 572 (37.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

18.5 %

Farmland

303 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 34/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5287

Websitecomuneriviera.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Riviera

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Riviera ranks

Largest municipalities4'262 #22 TI · #525 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #57 TI · #1514 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #45 TI · #599 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #63 TI · #1017 CH Families & children19.5% #13 TI · #1325 CH Age structure19.3% #94 TI · #1379 CH Women share49.6% #77 TI · #1226 CH Foreign residents29.7% #24 TI · #324 CH Population density49/km² #79 TI · #1784 CH Tax burden14'671 #95 TI · #973 CH Taxes95% #83 TI Warmest municipalities11.7 °C #23 TI · #23 CH Sunniest municipalities53.6% #77 TI · #135 CH Rainiest municipalities1'509 mm #91 TI · #233 CH Voter turnout48.8% #93 TI · #1876 CH Against Switzerland26.5% #23 TI · #182 CH Aligned with Switzerland73.5% #56 TI · #1298 CH SVP strongholds12.8% #79 TI · #2052 CH SP strongholds12.1% #49 TI · #1289 CH Centre strongholds22.8% #22 TI · #417 CH FDP strongholds20.6% #42 TI · #416 CH GLP strongholds0.8% #77 TI · #1959 CH Green strongholds5.8% #80 TI · #1391 CH Largest by area86.5 km² #12 TI · #88 CH Highest municipalities274 m #85 TI · #2076 CH Second homes18.5% #61 TI · #381 CH Organic farming18.5% #27 TI · #709 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #67 TI · #786 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #34 TI · #1346 CH Highest peaks2'903 m #10 TI · #166 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'360 m #18 TI · #243 CH Greatest vertical range2'659 m #4 TI · #50 CH Steepest municipalities35.3° #4 TI · #7 CH Solar potential43 GWh #21 TI · #427 CH Solar potential per capita10'012 kWh #61 TI · #1060 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #84 TI · #1573 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #29 TI · #546 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 5

Cresciano6705 Iragna6707 Lodrino6527 Osogna6703 Prosito6526

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Riviera?: Riviera has 5 postal codes: 6526, 6527, 6703, 6705, 6707.
What is the tax rate in Riviera?: The municipal tax multiplier of Riviera is 95% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Riviera?: A single person without children pays about 14'671 CHF income tax in Riviera on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 83 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Riviera have?: Riviera has 4'262 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Riviera?: Riviera has 1'264 foreign residents, a share of 29.66% (2025).

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