What is the postal code of Sevelen?

Sevelen has 3 postal codes: 9470, 9475, 9476.

What is the tax rate in Sevelen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sevelen is 118% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Sevelen?

A single person without children pays about 14'033 CHF income tax in Sevelen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sevelen have?

Sevelen has 5'405 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sevelen?

Sevelen has 2'208 foreign residents, a share of 40.85% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Werdenberg

Sevelen

9470–9476

SG CANTON9470 9475 9476

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'632 48.7%

Men

2'773 51.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'145 21.2%

Swiss citizens

3'197 59.2%

Foreign residents

2'208 40.9%

Population density

178 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'145 · 21.2%20–64 · 3'318 · 61.4%65+ · 942 · 17.4%

Foreign residents 40.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−0.1%) · 40 births · 38 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 Sevelen

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 Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 22.2% Yes

21.8% YesNo 78.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 37.1% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 58.8% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 57.4% Yes

59.0% YesNo 41.0%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 52.9% Yes

52.2% YesNo 47.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 40.8% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

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 Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 21.3% Yes

19.4% YesNo 80.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 46.2% Yes

56.5% YesNo 43.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 42.8% Yes

48.3% YesNo 51.7%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 72.1% Yes

68.8% YesNo 31.2%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.2% · strongest party

SVP39.2%

FDP17.2%

SP12.8%

Mitte11.8%

GRÜNE6.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier118%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

118%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 47 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'033 CHF(14%)

Rank 47 of 75 in the canton · 844 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 13'868 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Balgach 10'881 CHF · most expensive Lütisburg 16'080 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'033 CHF(~14%)

SevelenCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sevelen	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.3%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.1%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.7%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.9%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	12%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	13%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	14%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	15%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.7%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	16.4%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	17.2%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.8%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	19.3%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	20.5%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.6%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	22.5%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	23.3%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	24%	19.7–26.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.6 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'126 mm

10.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'379 m

Mean elevation

1'017 m

Relief

1'931 m

Mean slope

18.7°

Flat share

27.4%

South-facing

4.7%

Above 2000 m

5.2%

Relief 1'931 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

47 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

60 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'400

Per inhabitant

8'699 kWh/yr

47 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

36.49 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.5 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

18.68 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.17 Rp./kWh

36.49 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.11 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitäts- und Wasserwerk (EW Sevelen)

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 300538 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Sevelen →Canton St. Gallen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton St. Gallen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton St. Gallen (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

1.1 %

Second homes

13.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'727

Built before 194617.9%

Built since 200128.4%

1.1 %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

2'062

Workplaces

310

Services share

44.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 112 (5.4%) · Secondary 1'039 (50.4%) · Tertiary 911 (44.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

810 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 107 min · Car 78 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 30/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3275

Websitesevelen.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Werdenberg

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sevelen ranks

Largest municipalities5'405 #35 SG · #391 CH Growing municipalities-0.1% #61 SG · #1489 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.1% #15 SG · #621 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #48 SG · #925 CH Families & children21.2% #36 SG · #747 CH Age structure17.4% #64 SG · #1721 CH Women share48.7% #61 SG · #1646 CH Foreign residents40.9% #4 SG · #72 CH Population density178/km² #51 SG · #1095 CH Tax burden14'033 #48 SG · #845 CH Taxes118% #47 SG Warmest municipalities10.6 °C #2 SG · #186 CH Sunniest municipalities46.2% #8 SG · #539 CH Rainiest municipalities1'126 mm #57 SG · #951 CH Voter turnout51.7% #66 SG · #1624 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #23 SG · #259 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #52 SG · #1196 CH SVP strongholds39.2% #33 SG · #705 CH SP strongholds12.8% #14 SG · #1189 CH Centre strongholds11.8% #75 SG · #1047 CH FDP strongholds17.2% #11 SG · #640 CH GLP strongholds3.7% #61 SG · #1460 CH Green strongholds6.3% #44 SG · #1262 CH Largest by area30.3 km² #26 SG · #310 CH Highest municipalities681 m #21 SG · #635 CH Second homes13.7% #16 SG · #699 CH Organic farming12.5% #28 SG · #1041 CH Best-connected municipalities107 min #47 SG · #1814 CH Remotest municipalities107 min #30 SG · #294 CH Highest peaks2'379 m #8 SG · #264 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'017 m #13 SG · #406 CH Greatest vertical range1'931 m #8 SG · #226 CH Steepest municipalities18.7° #14 SG · #432 CH Solar potential47 GWh #37 SG · #367 CH Solar potential per capita8'699 kWh #38 SG · #1320 CH Cheapest electricity36.49 Rp./kWh #71 SG · #2095 CH Most expensive electricity36.49 Rp./kWh #4 SG · #12 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Buchs SG9470 Sevelen9475 Weite9476

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sevelen?: Sevelen has 3 postal codes: 9470, 9475, 9476.
What is the tax rate in Sevelen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sevelen is 118% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Sevelen?: A single person without children pays about 14'033 CHF income tax in Sevelen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sevelen have?: Sevelen has 5'405 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sevelen?: Sevelen has 2'208 foreign residents, a share of 40.85% (2025).

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