What is the postal code of Saas-Balen?

Saas-Balen has 3 postal codes: 3906, 3908, 3910.

What is the tax rate in Saas-Balen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Saas-Balen is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Saas-Balen?

A single person without children pays about 14'886 CHF income tax in Saas-Balen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 38 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Saas-Balen have?

Saas-Balen has 340 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Saas-Balen?

Saas-Balen has 38 foreign residents, a share of 11.18% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Visp

Saas-Balen

3906–3910

VS CANTON3906 3908 3910

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

177 52.1%

Men

163 47.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

49 14.4%

Swiss citizens

302 88.8%

Foreign residents

38 11.2%

Population density

11 pop./km²

0–19 · 49 · 14.4%20–64 · 201 · 59.1%65+ · 90 · 26.5%

Foreign residents 11.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −1 (−0.3%) · 3 births · 2 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 Saas-Balen

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 Visp: 15.5% Yes

7.4% YesNo 92.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 33.5% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 57.2% Yes

68.0% YesNo 32.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 55.2% Yes

68.7% YesNo 31.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 36.4% Yes

30.9% YesNo 69.1%

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 Visp: 16.2% Yes

9.9% YesNo 90.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 42.5% Yes

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 39.8% Yes

43.4% YesNo 56.6%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Visp: 74.9% Yes

73.8% YesNo 26.2%

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 Visp: 45.6% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte59.5% · strongest party

Mitte59.5%

SVP34.2%

SP2.8%

FDP2.0%

GRÜNE0.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier110%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

110%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 26 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'886 CHF(14.9%)

Rank 38 of 122 in the canton · 984 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:14'886 CHF(~14.9%)

Saas-BalenCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Saas-Balen	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	9.9%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	11.3%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.6%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	13.6%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	14.9%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	16%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	17.1%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	18.2%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.3%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	20.4%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	23%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	27.8%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	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 1991–20204.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)-0.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020908 mm

4.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'970 m

Mean elevation

2'519 m

Relief

2'610 m

Mean slope

30°

Flat share

1.7%

South-facing

15.1%

Above 2000 m

77.7%

Relief 2'610 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

5.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

8.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'300

Per inhabitant

16'912 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

26.74 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.22 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.58 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.6 Rp./kWh

26.74 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Elektrizitätsgenossenschaft Saas-Balen (EGB)

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 Saas-Balen →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

1.27 %

Second homes

65.7 %

Avg. rooms

2.8

Dwellings

474

Built before 194650.2%

Built since 20013.0%

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

1.27 %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

154

Workplaces

Services share

47.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 28 (18.2%) · Secondary 53 (34.4%) · Tertiary 73 (47.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

90 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 124 min · Car 125 min

AgglomerationPT 63 min · Car 38 min

Remoteness 34/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6289

Websitegemeinde-saas-balen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Visp

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Saas-Balen ranks

Largest municipalities340 #107 VS · #1933 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #95 VS · #1563 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #28 VS · #549 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #37 VS · #686 CH Families & children14.4% #101 VS · #2010 CH Age structure26.5% #42 VS · #270 CH Women share52.1% #5 VS · #131 CH Foreign residents11.2% #98 VS · #1616 CH Population density11/km² #104 VS · #2037 CH Tax burden14'886 #38 VS · #984 CH Taxes110% #26 VS Warmest municipalities4.7 °C #100 VS · #2009 CH Sunniest municipalities52.3% #89 VS · #182 CH Rainiest municipalities908 mm #58 VS · #1929 CH Voter turnout62.2% #10 VS · #407 CH SVP strongholds34.2% #22 VS · #1029 CH SP strongholds2.8% #114 VS · #2007 CH Centre strongholds59.5% #20 VS · #38 CH FDP strongholds2% #101 VS · #2029 CH GLP strongholds0.6% #108 VS · #1985 CH Green strongholds0.9% #117 VS · #2022 CH Largest by area30.2 km² #53 VS · #312 CH Highest municipalities1'486 m #30 VS · #92 CH Second homes65.7% #21 VS · #67 CH Organic farming0% #120 VS · #2062 CH Best-connected municipalities124 min #92 VS · #1960 CH Remotest municipalities124 min #34 VS · #159 CH Highest peaks3'970 m #18 VS · #23 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'519 m #10 VS · #12 CH Greatest vertical range2'610 m #34 VS · #62 CH Steepest municipalities30° #34 VS · #93 CH Solar potential6 GWh #109 VS · #1854 CH Solar potential per capita16'912 kWh #41 VS · #305 CH Cheapest electricity26.74 Rp./kWh #88 VS · #1076 CH Most expensive electricity26.74 Rp./kWh #35 VS · #1031 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Saas-Balen3908 Saas-Fee3906 Saas-Grund3910

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Saas-Balen?: Saas-Balen has 3 postal codes: 3906, 3908, 3910.
What is the tax rate in Saas-Balen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Saas-Balen is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Saas-Balen?: A single person without children pays about 14'886 CHF income tax in Saas-Balen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 38 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Saas-Balen have?: Saas-Balen has 340 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Saas-Balen?: Saas-Balen has 38 foreign residents, a share of 11.18% (2025).

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