What is the postal code of Saas-Grund?

The postal code of Saas-Grund is 3910.

What is the tax rate in Saas-Grund?

The municipal tax multiplier of Saas-Grund is 130% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Saas-Grund?

A single person without children pays about 16'695 CHF income tax in Saas-Grund on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 112 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Saas-Grund have?

Saas-Grund has 1'043 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Saas-Grund?

Saas-Grund has 198 foreign residents, a share of 18.98% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Visp

Saas-Grund

3910

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

520 49.9%

Men

523 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

175 16.8%

Swiss citizens

845 81.0%

Foreign residents

198 19.0%

Population density

42 pop./km²

0–19 · 175 · 16.8%20–64 · 639 · 61.3%65+ · 229 · 22.0%

Foreign residents 19.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −14 (−1.3%) · 5 births · 11 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 Saas-Grund

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

10.4% YesNo 89.6%

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

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

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

63.0% YesNo 37.0%

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

66.3% YesNo 33.7%

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

29.9% YesNo 70.1%

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

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

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

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

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

79.2% YesNo 20.8%

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 Visp: 45.6% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte55.4% · strongest party

Mitte55.4%

SVP37.2%

FDP4.5%

SP1.4%

GLP0.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier130%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

130%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 98 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'695 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 112 of 122 in the canton · 1700 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:16'695 CHF(~16.7%)

Saas-GrundCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Saas-Grund	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	5.6%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	9.9%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	13%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	19%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	20.1%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	21.2%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	22.2%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	24.8%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	26.7%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	28%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	29%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	29.9%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	30.6%	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)-1.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020817 mm

4.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

4'002 m

Mean elevation

2'706 m

Relief

2'460 m

Mean slope

28.9°

Flat share

2.6%

South-facing

17.7%

Above 2000 m

84.6%

Relief 2'460 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

13.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

20.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'100

Per inhabitant

13'174 kWh/yr

14 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 range H4

23.57–24.2 Rp./kWh

23.88 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators EVWR Energiedienste Visp - Westlich Raron AG · Genossenschaft Elektrizitätsversorgung Saas-Grund

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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-Grund →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

1.29 %

Second homes

59.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

1'245

Built before 194619.8%

Built since 200116.3%

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

1.29 %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

531

Workplaces

115

Services share

78.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 51 (9.6%) · Secondary 63 (11.9%) · Tertiary 417 (78.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

119 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 35/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6291

Websitesaas-grund.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Visp

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Saas-Grund ranks

Largest municipalities1'043 #71 VS · #1432 CH Growing municipalities-1.3% #104 VS · #1888 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.3% #19 VS · #222 CH Jobs per resident0.51 #28 VS · #520 CH Families & children16.8% #76 VS · #1847 CH Age structure22% #76 VS · #865 CH Women share49.9% #48 VS · #1047 CH Foreign residents19% #51 VS · #948 CH Population density42/km² #69 VS · #1831 CH Tax burden16'695 #113 VS · #1701 CH Taxes130% #98 VS Warmest municipalities4.7 °C #102 VS · #2011 CH Sunniest municipalities52.7% #81 VS · #168 CH Rainiest municipalities817 mm #71 VS · #2041 CH Voter turnout60.9% #15 VS · #516 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #1 VS · #70 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #71 VS · #1406 CH SVP strongholds37.2% #16 VS · #829 CH SP strongholds1.4% #120 VS · #2036 CH Centre strongholds55.4% #26 VS · #50 CH FDP strongholds4.5% #72 VS · #1890 CH GLP strongholds0.9% #95 VS · #1952 CH Green strongholds0.6% #121 VS · #2031 CH Largest by area24.8 km² #61 VS · #372 CH Highest municipalities1'559 m #27 VS · #79 CH Second homes59.5% #39 VS · #113 CH Organic farming0% #122 VS · #2064 CH Best-connected municipalities124 min #93 VS · #1961 CH Remotest municipalities124 min #35 VS · #160 CH Highest peaks4'002 m #17 VS · #22 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'706 m #7 VS · #7 CH Greatest vertical range2'460 m #48 VS · #90 CH Steepest municipalities28.9° #50 VS · #132 CH Solar potential14 GWh #72 VS · #1304 CH Solar potential per capita13'174 kWh #62 VS · #604 CH Cheapest electricity23.88 Rp./kWh #21 VS · #213 CH Most expensive electricity23.88 Rp./kWh #102 VS · #1894 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3910

Saas-Grund

Localities

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Saas-Grund3910

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Saas-Grund?: The postal code of Saas-Grund is 3910.
What is the tax rate in Saas-Grund?: The municipal tax multiplier of Saas-Grund is 130% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Saas-Grund?: A single person without children pays about 16'695 CHF income tax in Saas-Grund on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 112 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Saas-Grund have?: Saas-Grund has 1'043 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Saas-Grund?: Saas-Grund has 198 foreign residents, a share of 18.98% (2025).

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