What is the postal code of Rueyres?

The postal code of Rueyres is 1046.

What is the tax rate in Rueyres?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rueyres is 73% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Rueyres?

A single person without children pays about 16'355 CHF income tax in Rueyres on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 195 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rueyres have?

Rueyres has 302 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rueyres?

Rueyres has 42 foreign residents, a share of 13.91% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Gros-de-Vaud

Rueyres

1046

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

153 50.7%

Men

149 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

70 23.2%

Swiss citizens

260 86.1%

Foreign residents

42 13.9%

Population density

151 pop./km²

0–19 · 70 · 23.2%20–64 · 172 · 57.0%65+ · 60 · 19.9%

Foreign residents 13.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −2 (−0.7%) · 4 births · 1 deaths · net migration −5

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 Rueyres

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

11.0% YesNo 89.1%

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

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

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

56.9% YesNo 43.1%

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

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

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

46.0% YesNo 54.1%

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

33.1% YesNo 66.9%

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

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

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

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

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

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

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

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.2% · strongest party

SVP43.2%

FDP20.3%

SP14.5%

GLP7.3%

GRÜNE6.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier73%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

73%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 201 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'355 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 195 of 300 in the canton · 1473 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:16'355 CHF(~16.4%)

RueyresCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rueyres	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.3%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.1%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.8%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.8%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.7%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.7%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020992 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

623 m

Mean elevation

592 m

Relief

99 m

Mean slope

6.4°

Flat share

51.4%

South-facing

0.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 99 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

6.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'400

Per inhabitant

20'232 kWh/yr

6 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

29.29 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.32 Rp./kWh

29.29 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 Rueyres →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

0 %

Second homes

6.9 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

131

Built before 194661.8%

Built since 200128.2%

0 %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

110

Workplaces

Services share

28.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 10 (9.1%) · Secondary 69 (62.7%) · Tertiary 31 (28.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

264 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 130/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5534

Head of governmentStéphane Jordan

Websiterueyres.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Gros-de-Vaud

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rueyres ranks

Largest municipalities302 #255 VD · #1957 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #225 VD · #1707 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #76 VD · #405 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #107 VD · #1020 CH Families & children23.2% #119 VD · #287 CH Age structure19.9% #77 VD · #1271 CH Women share50.7% #107 VD · #548 CH Foreign residents13.9% #240 VD · #1372 CH Population density151/km² #143 VD · #1221 CH Tax burden16'355 #204 VD · #1485 CH Taxes73% #201 VD Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #162 VD · #743 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #214 VD · #821 CH Rainiest municipalities992 mm #208 VD · #1660 CH Voter turnout71.7% #17 VD · #44 CH SVP strongholds43.2% #12 VD · #490 CH SP strongholds14.5% #262 VD · #1002 CH Centre strongholds3.2% #256 VD · #1975 CH FDP strongholds20.3% #203 VD · #433 CH GLP strongholds7.3% #148 VD · #706 CH Green strongholds6.2% #277 VD · #1297 CH Largest by area2 km² #280 VD · #2013 CH Highest municipalities619 m #119 VD · #770 CH Second homes6.9% #261 VD · #1848 CH Organic farming0% #215 VD · #1964 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #169 VD · #693 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #130 VD · #1438 CH Highest peaks623 m #184 VD · #1452 CH Highest-lying municipalities592 m #149 VD · #1041 CH Greatest vertical range99 m #233 VD · #1841 CH Steepest municipalities6.4° #125 VD · #1340 CH Solar potential6 GWh #214 VD · #1829 CH Solar potential per capita20'232 kWh #24 VD · #175 CH Cheapest electricity29.29 Rp./kWh #263 VD · #1674 CH Most expensive electricity29.29 Rp./kWh #38 VD · #433 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1046

Rueyres

Localities

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Rueyres1046

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rueyres?: The postal code of Rueyres is 1046.
What is the tax rate in Rueyres?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rueyres is 73% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Rueyres?: A single person without children pays about 16'355 CHF income tax in Rueyres on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 195 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rueyres have?: Rueyres has 302 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rueyres?: Rueyres has 42 foreign residents, a share of 13.91% (2025).

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