What is the postal code of Savièse?

Savièse has 3 postal codes: 1950, 1962, 1965.

What is the tax rate in Savièse?

The municipal tax multiplier of Savièse is 115% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Savièse?

A single person without children pays about 15'105 CHF income tax in Savièse on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 49 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Savièse have?

Savièse has 8'453 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Savièse?

Savièse has 1'221 foreign residents, a share of 14.44% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · District de Sion

Savièse

1950–1965

VS CANTON1950 1962 1965

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'283 50.7%

Men

4'170 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'552 18.4%

Swiss citizens

7'232 85.6%

Foreign residents

1'221 14.4%

Population density

119 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'552 · 18.4%20–64 · 4'927 · 58.3%65+ · 1'974 · 23.4%

Foreign residents 14.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +175 (+2.1%) · 72 births · 57 deaths · net migration +155

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 Savièse

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 Sion: 28.7% Yes

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Sion: 30.4% Yes

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Sion: 53.5% Yes

60.1% YesNo 39.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Sion: 38.8% Yes

44.6% YesNo 55.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Sion: 55.8% Yes

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

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 District de Sion: 28.6% Yes

22.9% YesNo 77.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de Sion: 38.4% Yes

44.1% YesNo 55.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de Sion: 48.9% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de Sion: 65.4% Yes

63.1% YesNo 36.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict District de Sion: 58.8% Yes

60.4% YesNo 39.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte25.2% · strongest party

Mitte25.2%

SVP23.3%

FDP23.1%

SP16.6%

GRÜNE8.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

115%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 39 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'105 CHF(15.1%)

Rank 49 of 122 in the canton · 1024 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:15'105 CHF(~15.1%)

SavièseCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Savièse	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	8.5%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	10.1%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	11.5%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.7%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	13.8%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	15.1%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	16.3%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	17.3%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	18.4%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	20.6%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	26.5%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	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 1991–20209 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)2.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020722 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'175 m

Mean elevation

1'967 m

Relief

2'666 m

Mean slope

24°

Flat share

5.4%

South-facing

36.2%

Above 2000 m

61.8%

Relief 2'666 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

91.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

124.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

20'200

Per inhabitant

10'780 kWh/yr

91 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

26.56 Rp./kWh

Energy

13 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.33 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.47 Rp./kWh

26.56 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator OIKEN 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 300583 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Savièse →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

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

1.2 %

Second homes

15.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

4'922

Built before 194617.4%

Built since 200132.3%

1.2 %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

1'666

Workplaces

553

Services share

64.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 291 (17.5%) · Secondary 307 (18.4%) · Tertiary 1'068 (64.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.2 %

Farmland

665 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 115 min · Car 79 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 51/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6265

Websitesaviese.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Sion

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Savièse ranks

Largest municipalities8'453 #13 VS · #233 CH Growing municipalities2.1% #30 VS · #319 CH Shrinking municipalities2.1% #93 VS · #1792 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #104 VS · #1798 CH Families & children18.4% #59 VS · #1604 CH Age structure23.4% #59 VS · #601 CH Women share50.7% #20 VS · #556 CH Foreign residents14.4% #78 VS · #1334 CH Population density119/km² #37 VS · #1374 CH Tax burden15'105 #49 VS · #1024 CH Taxes115% #39 VS Warmest municipalities9 °C #31 VS · #1394 CH Sunniest municipalities58% #3 VS · #3 CH Rainiest municipalities722 mm #87 VS · #2066 CH Voter turnout56.8% #37 VS · #984 CH Against Switzerland17.6% #56 VS · #734 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.4% #20 VS · #783 CH SVP strongholds23.3% #78 VS · #1652 CH SP strongholds16.6% #28 VS · #784 CH Centre strongholds25.2% #104 VS · #354 CH FDP strongholds23.1% #18 VS · #312 CH GLP strongholds2.4% #27 VS · #1708 CH Green strongholds8.7% #34 VS · #776 CH Largest by area71 km² #19 VS · #109 CH Highest municipalities820 m #78 VS · #399 CH Second homes15.9% #95 VS · #509 CH Organic farming7.2% #91 VS · #1409 CH Best-connected municipalities115 min #74 VS · #1899 CH Remotest municipalities115 min #51 VS · #221 CH Highest peaks3'175 m #47 VS · #103 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'967 m #45 VS · #92 CH Greatest vertical range2'666 m #31 VS · #49 CH Steepest municipalities24° #94 VS · #291 CH Solar potential91 GWh #10 VS · #108 CH Solar potential per capita10'780 kWh #84 VS · #943 CH Cheapest electricity26.56 Rp./kWh #84 VS · #1059 CH Most expensive electricity26.56 Rp./kWh #58 VS · #1067 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

1950

Sion

1962

Pont-de-la-Morge (Sion)

1965

Savièse

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Pont-de-la-Morge (Sion)1962 Savièse1965 Sion1950

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Savièse?: Savièse has 3 postal codes: 1950, 1962, 1965.
What is the tax rate in Savièse?: The municipal tax multiplier of Savièse is 115% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Savièse?: A single person without children pays about 15'105 CHF income tax in Savièse on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 49 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Savièse have?: Savièse has 8'453 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Savièse?: Savièse has 1'221 foreign residents, a share of 14.44% (2025).

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