What is the postal code of Sattel?

Sattel has 4 postal codes: 6315, 6417, 6418, 6422.

What is the tax rate in Sattel?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sattel is 155% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Sattel?

A single person without children pays about 7'665 CHF income tax in Sattel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sattel have?

Sattel has 2'097 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sattel?

Sattel has 353 foreign residents, a share of 16.83% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Schwyz

Sattel

6315–6422

SZ CANTON6315 6417 6418 6422

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

994 47.4%

Men

1'103 52.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

430 20.5%

Swiss citizens

1'744 83.2%

Foreign residents

353 16.8%

Population density

121 pop./km²

0–19 · 430 · 20.5%20–64 · 1'319 · 62.9%65+ · 348 · 16.6%

Foreign residents 16.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +31 (+1.5%) · 11 births · 11 deaths · net migration +23

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 Sattel

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 Schwyz: 18.6% Yes

15.6% YesNo 84.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 45.8% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 62.4% Yes

70.5% YesNo 29.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 66.4% Yes

73.9% YesNo 26.1%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 40.4% Yes

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 31.2% Yes

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

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 Schwyz: 15.8% Yes

10.5% YesNo 89.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 49.6% Yes

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 48.7% Yes

49.9% YesNo 50.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 68.4% Yes

72.9% YesNo 27.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP48.0% · strongest party

SVP48.0%

FDP16.1%

Mitte15.6%

Übrige8.8%

SP7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier155%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

155%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 18 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

7'665 CHF(7.7%)

Rank 14 of 30 in the canton · 25 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 7'665 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Freienbach 5'617 CHF · most expensive Illgau 8'565 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:7'665 CHF(~7.7%)

SattelCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sattel	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.5%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	3.9%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	4.9%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5.7%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.3%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	6.9%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	7.7%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.3%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	8.9%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.4%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	9.9%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.4%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	11.5%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	12.5%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	13.4%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.2%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	14.9%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	15.4%	12.6–16.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'698 mm

7.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'546 m

Mean elevation

1'006 m

Relief

866 m

Mean slope

17.5°

Flat share

8.7%

South-facing

26.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 866 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

18.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

26.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'200

Per inhabitant

8'941 kWh/yr

19 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

25.1 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.16 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.45 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

25.1 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator ebs Energie AG

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

Standard model, deductible 300521 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Sattel →Canton Schwyz →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Schwyz (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.53 %

Second homes

16.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'126

Built before 194616.4%

Built since 200135.0%

0.53 %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

576

Workplaces

191

Services share

60.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 147 (25.5%) · Secondary 79 (13.7%) · Tertiary 350 (60.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

822 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 79 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 19/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1371

Websitesattel.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schwyz

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sattel ranks

Largest municipalities2'097 #21 SZ · #942 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #10 SZ · #539 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #21 SZ · #1569 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #24 SZ · #1424 CH Families & children20.5% #9 SZ · #968 CH Age structure16.6% #27 SZ · #1827 CH Women share47.4% #24 SZ · #1957 CH Foreign residents16.8% #19 SZ · #1148 CH Population density121/km² #19 SZ · #1360 CH Tax burden7'665 #17 SZ · #28 CH Taxes155% #18 SZ Warmest municipalities7.7 °C #18 SZ · #1749 CH Sunniest municipalities43.5% #23 SZ · #927 CH Rainiest municipalities1'698 mm #14 SZ · #119 CH Voter turnout62.5% #11 SZ · #371 CH Against Switzerland36.3% #5 SZ · #9 CH Aligned with Switzerland63.7% #20 SZ · #1449 CH SVP strongholds48% #9 SZ · #295 CH SP strongholds7.3% #19 SZ · #1757 CH Centre strongholds15.6% #14 SZ · #788 CH FDP strongholds16.1% #16 SZ · #727 CH GLP strongholds2.8% #14 SZ · #1624 CH Green strongholds1.1% #25 SZ · #2010 CH Largest by area17.4 km² #18 SZ · #551 CH Highest municipalities830 m #12 SZ · #381 CH Second homes16.7% #8 SZ · #461 CH Organic farming6.3% #20 SZ · #1463 CH Best-connected municipalities79 min #13 SZ · #1329 CH Remotest municipalities79 min #19 SZ · #782 CH Highest peaks1'546 m #20 SZ · #450 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'006 m #12 SZ · #415 CH Greatest vertical range866 m #19 SZ · #479 CH Steepest municipalities17.5° #14 SZ · #472 CH Solar potential19 GWh #20 SZ · #1067 CH Solar potential per capita8'941 kWh #10 SZ · #1276 CH Cheapest electricity25.1 Rp./kWh #7 SZ · #448 CH Most expensive electricity25.1 Rp./kWh #23 SZ · #1658 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Morgarten6315 Rothenthurm6418 Sattel6417 Steinen6422

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sattel?: Sattel has 4 postal codes: 6315, 6417, 6418, 6422.
What is the tax rate in Sattel?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sattel is 155% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Sattel?: A single person without children pays about 7'665 CHF income tax in Sattel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sattel have?: Sattel has 2'097 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sattel?: Sattel has 353 foreign residents, a share of 16.83% (2025).

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