What is the postal code of Turtmann-Unterems?

Turtmann-Unterems has 4 postal codes: 3940, 3943, 3946, 3948.

What is the tax rate in Turtmann-Unterems?

The municipal tax multiplier of Turtmann-Unterems is 120% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Turtmann-Unterems?

A single person without children pays about 15'104 CHF income tax in Turtmann-Unterems on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 44 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Turtmann-Unterems have?

Turtmann-Unterems has 1'193 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Turtmann-Unterems?

Turtmann-Unterems has 191 foreign residents, a share of 16.01% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Leuk

Turtmann-Unterems

3940–3948

VS CANTON3940 3943 3946 3948

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

592 49.6%

Men

601 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

246 20.6%

Swiss citizens

1'002 84.0%

Foreign residents

191 16.0%

Population density

28 pop./km²

0–19 · 246 · 20.6%20–64 · 673 · 56.4%65+ · 274 · 23.0%

Foreign residents 16.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −19 (−1.6%) · 6 births · 10 deaths · net migration −13

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 Turtmann-Unterems

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 Leuk: 17.3% Yes

16.2% YesNo 83.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 36.2% Yes

38.2% YesNo 61.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 57.7% Yes

58.5% YesNo 41.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 57.3% Yes

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 35.1% Yes

32.0% YesNo 68.1%

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 Leuk: 17.2% Yes

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 45.4% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 43.1% Yes

40.1% YesNo 59.9%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 72.8% Yes

74.9% YesNo 25.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Leuk: 48.8% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte44.7% · strongest party

Mitte44.7%

SVP39.1%

SP9.7%

FDP2.9%

GRÜNE2.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier120%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

120%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 49 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'104 CHF(15.1%)

Rank 44 of 122 in the canton · 1019 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:15'104 CHF(~15.1%)

Turtmann-UnteremsCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Turtmann-Unterems	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	8.4%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.9%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	11.4%	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	17.4%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	23.6%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.6%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.7%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	29.2%	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 1991–20205.2 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)-0.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020772 mm

5.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

4'140 m

Mean elevation

2'460 m

Relief

3'522 m

Mean slope

24.8°

Flat share

11.0%

South-facing

6.9%

Above 2000 m

78.1%

Relief 3'522 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

21.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

27.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'800

Per inhabitant

17'946 kWh/yr

21 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

24.31 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.88 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.97 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.31 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator RELL 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

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Turtmann-Unterems →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

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

1.45 %

Second homes

33.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

828

Built before 194625.8%

Built since 200112.0%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.45 %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

526

Workplaces

121

Services share

51.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 98 (18.6%) · Secondary 157 (29.8%) · Tertiary 271 (51.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

34.4 %

Farmland

502 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 128 min · Car 101 min

AgglomerationPT 49 min · Car 32 min

Remoteness 27/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6119

Websiteturtmann-unterems.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Leuk

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Turtmann-Unterems ranks

Largest municipalities1'193 #64 VS · #1328 CH Growing municipalities-1.6% #108 VS · #1930 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.6% #15 VS · #179 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #38 VS · #710 CH Families & children20.6% #22 VS · #959 CH Age structure23% #66 VS · #681 CH Women share49.6% #57 VS · #1241 CH Foreign residents16% #71 VS · #1196 CH Population density28/km² #81 VS · #1915 CH Tax burden15'104 #47 VS · #1022 CH Taxes120% #49 VS Warmest municipalities5.2 °C #90 VS · #1986 CH Sunniest municipalities50.9% #102 VS · #211 CH Rainiest municipalities772 mm #76 VS · #2054 CH Voter turnout54.2% #63 VS · #1337 CH Against Switzerland23.5% #11 VS · #318 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.5% #61 VS · #1163 CH SVP strongholds39.1% #11 VS · #718 CH SP strongholds9.7% #61 VS · #1558 CH Centre strongholds44.7% #60 VS · #104 CH FDP strongholds2.9% #87 VS · #1989 CH GLP strongholds1.1% #84 VS · #1923 CH Green strongholds2.5% #98 VS · #1926 CH Largest by area42.4 km² #35 VS · #211 CH Highest municipalities640 m #91 VS · #717 CH Second homes33.5% #76 VS · #242 CH Organic farming34.4% #21 VS · #248 CH Best-connected municipalities128 min #97 VS · #1975 CH Remotest municipalities128 min #27 VS · #139 CH Highest peaks4'140 m #14 VS · #15 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'460 m #13 VS · #16 CH Greatest vertical range3'522 m #4 VS · #4 CH Steepest municipalities24.8° #89 VS · #267 CH Solar potential21 GWh #53 VS · #957 CH Solar potential per capita17'946 kWh #35 VS · #259 CH Cheapest electricity24.31 Rp./kWh #34 VS · #268 CH Most expensive electricity24.31 Rp./kWh #98 VS · #1848 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Eischoll3943 Gruben3946 Steg VS3940 Turtmann3946 Unterems3948

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Turtmann-Unterems?: Turtmann-Unterems has 4 postal codes: 3940, 3943, 3946, 3948.
What is the tax rate in Turtmann-Unterems?: The municipal tax multiplier of Turtmann-Unterems is 120% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Turtmann-Unterems?: A single person without children pays about 15'104 CHF income tax in Turtmann-Unterems on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 44 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Turtmann-Unterems have?: Turtmann-Unterems has 1'193 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Turtmann-Unterems?: Turtmann-Unterems has 191 foreign residents, a share of 16.01% (2025).

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