What is the postal code of Rossinière?

The postal code of Rossinière is 1658.

What is the tax rate in Rossinière?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rossinière is 81% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Rossinière?

A single person without children pays about 16'887 CHF income tax in Rossinière on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 293 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rossinière have?

Rossinière has 506 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rossinière?

Rossinière has 69 foreign residents, a share of 13.64% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut

Rossinière

1658

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

260 51.4%

Men

246 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

121 23.9%

Swiss citizens

437 86.4%

Foreign residents

69 13.6%

Population density

22 pop./km²

0–19 · 121 · 23.9%20–64 · 269 · 53.2%65+ · 116 · 22.9%

Foreign residents 13.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +7 (+1.4%) · 6 births · 0 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 Rossinière

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 la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 27.4% Yes

13.3% YesNo 86.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 25.6% Yes

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

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 la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 51.8% Yes

48.2% YesNo 51.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 45.1% Yes

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 34.2% Yes

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 43.3% Yes

30.9% YesNo 69.1%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 45.7% Yes

53.1% YesNo 46.9%

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 la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 46.1% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

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 la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 49.0% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 69.4% Yes

59.3% YesNo 40.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.9% · strongest party

SVP29.9%

FDP29.7%

SP17.0%

GRÜNE10.0%

Mitte3.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier81%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

81%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 297 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'887 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 293 of 300 in the canton · 1805 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:16'887 CHF(~16.9%)

RossinièreCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rossinière	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.7%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.9%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	15%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21.4%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23.4%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	25.2%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.8%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	28.2%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29.5%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30.5%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'364 mm

6.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'060 m

Mean elevation

1'275 m

Relief

1'255 m

Mean slope

29.1°

Flat share

2.7%

South-facing

31.0%

Above 2000 m

0.1%

Relief 1'255 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

10.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

13.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'300

Per inhabitant

20'138 kWh/yr

10 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

27.81 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

27.81 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Groupe E 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 Rossinière →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

1.71 %

Second homes

27.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

351

Built before 194666.7%

Built since 20015.4%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.71 %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

148

Workplaces

Services share

31.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 37 (25.0%) · Secondary 65 (43.9%) · Tertiary 46 (31.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

338 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 102 min · Car 65 min

AgglomerationPT 66 min · Car 29 min

Remoteness 10/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5842

Head of governmentJean-Pierre Neff

Websiterossiniere.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rossinière ranks

Largest municipalities506 #210 VD · #1799 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #87 VD · #585 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #213 VD · #1526 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #146 VD · #1354 CH Families & children23.9% #86 VD · #185 CH Age structure22.9% #31 VD · #702 CH Women share51.4% #70 VD · #272 CH Foreign residents13.6% #245 VD · #1398 CH Population density22/km² #296 VD · #1959 CH Tax burden16'887 #295 VD · #1808 CH Taxes81% #297 VD Warmest municipalities6.7 °C #275 VD · #1883 CH Sunniest municipalities48.1% #22 VD · #316 CH Rainiest municipalities1'364 mm #37 VD · #409 CH Voter turnout57.2% #226 VD · #933 CH SVP strongholds29.9% #87 VD · #1279 CH SP strongholds17% #224 VD · #742 CH Centre strongholds3.2% #260 VD · #1979 CH FDP strongholds29.7% #43 VD · #96 CH GLP strongholds3.1% #279 VD · #1576 CH Green strongholds10% #198 VD · #584 CH Largest by area23.4 km² #31 VD · #409 CH Highest municipalities920 m #29 VD · #316 CH Second homes27.4% #12 VD · #271 CH Organic farming50% #11 VD · #138 CH Best-connected municipalities102 min #292 VD · #1737 CH Remotest municipalities102 min #10 VD · #381 CH Highest peaks2'060 m #11 VD · #343 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'275 m #9 VD · #272 CH Greatest vertical range1'255 m #15 VD · #398 CH Steepest municipalities29.1° #2 VD · #116 CH Solar potential10 GWh #148 VD · #1542 CH Solar potential per capita20'138 kWh #26 VD · #179 CH Cheapest electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #17 VD · #1224 CH Most expensive electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #293 VD · #892 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1658

Rossinière

Localities

swisstopo · 2

La Tine1658 Rossinière1658

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rossinière?: The postal code of Rossinière is 1658.
What is the tax rate in Rossinière?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rossinière is 81% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Rossinière?: A single person without children pays about 16'887 CHF income tax in Rossinière on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 293 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rossinière have?: Rossinière has 506 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rossinière?: Rossinière has 69 foreign residents, a share of 13.64% (2025).

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