What is the postal code of Tenniken?

Tenniken has 2 postal codes: 4443, 4456.

What is the tax rate in Tenniken?

The municipal tax multiplier of Tenniken is 60% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Tenniken?

A single person without children pays about 16'264 CHF income tax in Tenniken on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Tenniken have?

Tenniken has 933 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Tenniken?

Tenniken has 132 foreign residents, a share of 14.15% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Sissach

Tenniken

4443–4456

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

468 50.2%

Men

465 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

176 18.9%

Swiss citizens

801 85.9%

Foreign residents

132 14.2%

Population density

200 pop./km²

0–19 · 176 · 18.9%20–64 · 507 · 54.3%65+ · 250 · 26.8%

Foreign residents 14.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −5 (−0.5%) · 4 births · 7 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 Tenniken

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 Sissach: 25.0% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 29.1% Yes

35.1% YesNo 64.9%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 38.0% Yes

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 41.9% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 32.6% Yes

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 54.1% Yes

55.2% YesNo 44.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 51.2% Yes

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 54.4% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 44.9% Yes

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 48.3% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.0% · strongest party

SVP35.0%

SP24.4%

Mitte11.1%

FDP10.6%

GRÜNE8.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier60%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

60%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 46 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'264 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 43 of 86 in the canton · 1431 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'264 CHF(~16.3%)

TennikenCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Tenniken	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	6.3%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8.6%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.6%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	12.3%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	13.7%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.2%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'018 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

635 m

Mean elevation

528 m

Relief

219 m

Mean slope

13.1°

Flat share

15.6%

South-facing

18.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 219 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

7.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

10.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'700

Per inhabitant

8'414 kWh/yr

8 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

25.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.62 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.64 Rp./kWh

25.7 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EBL (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland)

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 300635 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Tenniken →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

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

7.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

428

Built before 194628.7%

Built since 200111.2%

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

429

Workplaces

Services share

25.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 21 (4.9%) · Secondary 299 (69.7%) · Tertiary 109 (25.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

44.4 %

Farmland

165 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 46 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 47/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2863

Websitetenniken.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Sissach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Tenniken ranks

Largest municipalities933 #52 BL · #1495 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #69 BL · #1659 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #19 BL · #452 CH Jobs per resident0.46 #20 BL · #636 CH Families & children18.9% #54 BL · #1471 CH Age structure26.8% #12 BL · #247 CH Women share50.2% #41 BL · #802 CH Foreign residents14.2% #54 BL · #1352 CH Population density200/km² #48 BL · #1029 CH Tax burden16'264 #49 BL · #1438 CH Taxes60% #46 BL Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #51 BL · #604 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #46 BL · #1332 CH Rainiest municipalities1'018 mm #41 BL · #1550 CH Voter turnout51.1% #60 BL · #1687 CH SVP strongholds35% #46 BL · #969 CH SP strongholds24.4% #23 BL · #201 CH Centre strongholds11.1% #24 BL · #1108 CH FDP strongholds10.6% #49 BL · #1316 CH GLP strongholds6.5% #38 BL · #861 CH Green strongholds8.7% #55 BL · #766 CH Largest by area4.7 km² #49 BL · #1591 CH Highest municipalities423 m #54 BL · #1751 CH Second homes7.2% #82 BL · #1775 CH Organic farming44.4% #8 BL · #168 CH Best-connected municipalities46 min #43 BL · #367 CH Remotest municipalities46 min #47 BL · #1741 CH Highest peaks635 m #51 BL · #1405 CH Highest-lying municipalities528 m #38 BL · #1315 CH Greatest vertical range219 m #62 BL · #1275 CH Steepest municipalities13.1° #36 BL · #693 CH Solar potential8 GWh #53 BL · #1703 CH Solar potential per capita8'414 kWh #39 BL · #1382 CH Cheapest electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #41 BL · #764 CH Most expensive electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #58 BL · #1356 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Tenniken4456 Wittinsburg4443

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Tenniken?: Tenniken has 2 postal codes: 4443, 4456.
What is the tax rate in Tenniken?: The municipal tax multiplier of Tenniken is 60% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Tenniken?: A single person without children pays about 16'264 CHF income tax in Tenniken on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Tenniken have?: Tenniken has 933 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Tenniken?: Tenniken has 132 foreign residents, a share of 14.15% (2025).

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