What is the postal code of Syens?

The postal code of Syens is 1510.

What is the tax rate in Syens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Syens is 65% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Syens?

A single person without children pays about 15'822 CHF income tax in Syens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Syens have?

Syens has 144 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Syens?

Syens has 36 foreign residents, a share of 25% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Broye-Vully

Syens

1510

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

67 46.5%

Men

77 53.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

30 20.8%

Swiss citizens

108 75.0%

Foreign residents

36 25.0%

Population density

57 pop./km²

0–19 · 30 · 20.8%20–64 · 82 · 56.9%65+ · 32 · 22.2%

Foreign residents 25.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −7 (−4.6%) · 2 births · 0 deaths · net migration −8

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 Syens

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 la Broye-Vully: 18.6% Yes

14.0% YesNo 86.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 32.5% Yes

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

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 la Broye-Vully: 58.7% Yes

65.1% YesNo 34.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 56.8% Yes

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 49.9% Yes

48.7% YesNo 51.3%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 35.1% Yes

38.9% YesNo 61.1%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 50.9% Yes

58.3% YesNo 41.7%

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 la Broye-Vully: 38.1% Yes

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

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 la Broye-Vully: 41.6% Yes

54.1% YesNo 46.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 62.0% Yes

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.5% · strongest party

SVP36.5%

FDP23.4%

SP17.9%

GRÜNE12.4%

Mitte5.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier65%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

65%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 73 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'822 CHF(15.8%)

Rank 70 of 300 in the canton · 1180 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:15'822 CHF(~15.8%)

SyensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Syens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.9%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.7%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.8%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.8%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.4%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.1%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.8%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'024 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

706 m

Mean elevation

602 m

Relief

173 m

Mean slope

10.7°

Flat share

28.2%

South-facing

8.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 173 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

2.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

600

Per inhabitant

20'139 kWh/yr

3 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Syens →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0 %

Second homes

13.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

Built before 194685.7%

Built since 20011.3%

0 %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

Workplaces

Services share

48.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 6 (22.2%) · Secondary 8 (29.6%) · Tertiary 13 (48.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

97 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 68 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 84/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5688

Head of governmentAlexandre George

Websitesyens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye-Vully

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Syens ranks

Largest municipalities144 #291 VD · #2068 CH Growing municipalities-4.6% #294 VD · #2089 CH Shrinking municipalities-4.6% #7 VD · #20 CH Jobs per resident0.19 #220 VD · #1838 CH Families & children20.8% #230 VD · #891 CH Age structure22.2% #38 VD · #829 CH Women share46.5% #296 VD · #2039 CH Foreign residents25% #103 VD · #557 CH Population density57/km² #252 VD · #1742 CH Tax burden15'822 #83 VD · #1194 CH Taxes65% #73 VD Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #192 VD · #920 CH Sunniest municipalities45.1% #148 VD · #654 CH Rainiest municipalities1'024 mm #181 VD · #1523 CH Voter turnout56.5% #236 VD · #1025 CH SVP strongholds36.5% #34 VD · #874 CH SP strongholds17.9% #204 VD · #643 CH Centre strongholds5.9% #81 VD · #1700 CH FDP strongholds23.4% #149 VD · #299 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #267 VD · #1519 CH Green strongholds12.4% #111 VD · #306 CH Largest by area2.5 km² #264 VD · #1951 CH Highest municipalities588 m #139 VD · #862 CH Second homes13.2% #86 VD · #757 CH Organic farming0% #246 VD · #1995 CH Best-connected municipalities68 min #216 VD · #1036 CH Remotest municipalities68 min #84 VD · #1100 CH Highest peaks706 m #144 VD · #1191 CH Highest-lying municipalities602 m #141 VD · #1004 CH Greatest vertical range173 m #152 VD · #1476 CH Steepest municipalities10.7° #53 VD · #874 CH Solar potential3 GWh #284 VD · #2050 CH Solar potential per capita20'139 kWh #25 VD · #178 CH Cheapest electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #71 VD · #1284 CH Most expensive electricity27.89 Rp./kWh #242 VD · #835 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1510

Syens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Syens1510

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Syens?: The postal code of Syens is 1510.
What is the tax rate in Syens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Syens is 65% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Syens?: A single person without children pays about 15'822 CHF income tax in Syens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Syens have?: Syens has 144 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Syens?: Syens has 36 foreign residents, a share of 25% (2025).

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