What is the postal code of Saint-George?

The postal code of Saint-George is 1188.

What is the tax rate in Saint-George?

The municipal tax multiplier of Saint-George is 69.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Saint-George?

A single person without children pays about 16'122 CHF income tax in Saint-George on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 135 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Saint-George have?

Saint-George has 1'080 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Saint-George?

Saint-George has 248 foreign residents, a share of 22.96% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Nyon

Saint-George

1188

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

539 49.9%

Men

541 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

257 23.8%

Swiss citizens

832 77.0%

Foreign residents

248 23.0%

Population density

88 pop./km²

0–19 · 257 · 23.8%20–64 · 634 · 58.7%65+ · 189 · 17.5%

Foreign residents 23.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −1 (−0.1%) · 8 births · 3 deaths · net migration −6

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 Saint-George

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 Nyon: 23.1% Yes

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 27.6% Yes

33.8% YesNo 66.2%

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 Nyon: 61.6% Yes

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 50.7% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 34.4% Yes

44.1% YesNo 55.9%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 37.7% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 51.5% Yes

52.2% YesNo 47.8%

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 Nyon: 39.9% Yes

44.6% YesNo 55.4%

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 Nyon: 42.9% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Nyon: 67.8% Yes

65.9% YesNo 34.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP24.1% · strongest party

FDP24.1%

SVP20.1%

GRÜNE15.9%

SP14.9%

GLP12.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier69.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

69.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 136 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'122 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 135 of 300 in the canton · 1339 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:16'122 CHF(~16.1%)

Saint-GeorgeCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Saint-George	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.2%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.5%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'503 mm

6.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'444 m

Mean elevation

1'100 m

Relief

668 m

Mean slope

11.6°

Flat share

18.5%

South-facing

34.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 668 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

9.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

13 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'200

Per inhabitant

9'074 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

27.89 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

27.89 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Saint-George →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

3.53 %

Second homes

14.7 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

539

Built before 194623.7%

Built since 200126.3%

3.53 %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

221

Workplaces

Services share

76 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 33 (14.9%) · Secondary 20 (9.0%) · Tertiary 168 (76.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

175 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 75 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 75 min · Car 44 min

Remoteness 56/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5434

Head of governmentAlain Domenig

Websitestgeorge.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Nyon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Saint-George ranks

Largest municipalities1'080 #136 VD · #1411 CH Growing municipalities-0.1% #197 VD · #1472 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.1% #104 VD · #636 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #209 VD · #1786 CH Families & children23.8% #87 VD · #190 CH Age structure17.5% #157 VD · #1710 CH Women share49.9% #172 VD · #1034 CH Foreign residents23% #124 VD · #658 CH Population density88/km² #202 VD · #1550 CH Tax burden16'122 #138 VD · #1342 CH Taxes69.5% #136 VD Warmest municipalities6.6 °C #277 VD · #1888 CH Sunniest municipalities46.2% #106 VD · #541 CH Rainiest municipalities1'503 mm #20 VD · #239 CH Voter turnout60.1% #174 VD · #586 CH Against Switzerland23.5% #5 VD · #315 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.5% #136 VD · #1160 CH SVP strongholds20.1% #218 VD · #1787 CH SP strongholds14.9% #254 VD · #955 CH Centre strongholds4.4% #168 VD · #1861 CH FDP strongholds24.1% #135 VD · #269 CH GLP strongholds12.7% #21 VD · #109 CH Green strongholds15.9% #26 VD · #97 CH Largest by area12.3 km² #72 VD · #794 CH Highest municipalities949 m #28 VD · #295 CH Second homes14.7% #59 VD · #596 CH Organic farming0% #194 VD · #1943 CH Best-connected municipalities75 min #246 VD · #1241 CH Remotest municipalities75 min #56 VD · #889 CH Highest peaks1'444 m #41 VD · #481 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'100 m #25 VD · #355 CH Greatest vertical range668 m #53 VD · #577 CH Steepest municipalities11.6° #44 VD · #807 CH Solar potential10 GWh #153 VD · #1572 CH Solar potential per capita9'074 kWh #196 VD · #1243 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #23 VD · #1236 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #194 VD · #787 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1188

St-George

Localities

swisstopo · 1

St-George1188

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Saint-George?: The postal code of Saint-George is 1188.
What is the tax rate in Saint-George?: The municipal tax multiplier of Saint-George is 69.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Saint-George?: A single person without children pays about 16'122 CHF income tax in Saint-George on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 135 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Saint-George have?: Saint-George has 1'080 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Saint-George?: Saint-George has 248 foreign residents, a share of 22.96% (2025).

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