What is the postal code of Val-de-Ruz?

Val-de-Ruz has 21 postal codes: 2019, 2037, 2042, 2043, 2046, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2063 ….

What is the tax rate in Val-de-Ruz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Val-de-Ruz is 66% (2026); canton NE levies 124%.

How much tax do you pay in Val-de-Ruz?

A single person without children pays about 18'157 CHF income tax in Val-de-Ruz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 4 of 24 in canton NE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Val-de-Ruz have?

Val-de-Ruz has 17'543 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Val-de-Ruz?

Val-de-Ruz has 3'126 foreign residents, a share of 17.82% (2025).

Val-de-Ruz (NE): Postal Codes 2019–2616, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'821 50.3%

Men

8'722 49.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

4'001 22.8%

Swiss citizens

14'417 82.2%

Foreign residents

3'126 17.8%

Population density

141 pop./km²

0–19 · 4'001 · 22.8%20–64 · 10'364 · 59.1%65+ · 3'178 · 18.1%

Foreign residents 17.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +29 (+0.2%) · 176 births · 110 deaths · net migration −24

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 Val-de-Ruz

BFS

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.2%

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

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

14.06.2026Décret du 17 février 2026 modifiant la Constitution de la République et Canton de Neuchâtel (Cst. NE) (Pour la reconnaissance des aînées et des aînés dans la Constitution)Cantonal NE● Accepted · 82.6% Yes

81.3% YesNo 18.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

63.7% YesNo 36.3%

31.9% YesNo 68.1%

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

34.3% YesNo 65.7%

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

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

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

67.5% YesNo 32.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP23.8% · strongest party

FDP23.8%

SVP21.1%

SP19.8%

GRÜNE16.6%

PdA/Sol.7.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier66%

Cantonal tax multiplier124%

66%NE range 63%79%

Tax rank 4 of 24 in canton Neuchâtel

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

18'157 CHF(18.2%)

Rank 4 of 24 in the canton · 2085 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 18'937 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest La Grande Béroche 17'898 CHF · most expensive Les Verrières 19'283 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:18'157 CHF(~18.2%)

Val-de-RuzCanton range NeuchâtelSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Val-de-Ruz	Neuchâtel	Switzerland median
40'000	9.1%	9–9.7%	5.4%
50'000	11.8%	11.6–12.6%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	13.4–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15%	14.8–16%	11.9%
80'000	16.2%	15.9–17.2%	13.1%
90'000	17.1%	16.8–18.1%	14.1%
100'000	18.2%	17.9–19.3%	15.3%
110'000	19.1%	18.9–20.3%	16.3%
120'000	20%	19.7–21.2%	17.2%
130'000	20.8%	20.5–22%	18.1%
140'000	21.6%	21.3–22.9%	19%
150'000	22.4%	22.1–23.7%	19.7%
175'000	24.3%	23.9–25.6%	21.6%
200'000	25.9%	25.5–27.3%	23.2%
225'000	27.3%	26.9–28.8%	24.6%
250'000	28.3%	27.9–29.8%	25.8%
275'000	28.9%	28.6–30.4%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	29.1–31%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'195 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'529 m

Mean elevation

1'015 m

Relief

864 m

Mean slope

11.5°

Flat share

29.8%

South-facing

22.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 864 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

153.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

208.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

34'100

Per inhabitant

8'751 kWh/yr

154 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

28.08 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.9 Rp./kWh

28.08 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.66 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Groupe E 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

Standard model, deductible 300699 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Neuchâtel493 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Val-de-Ruz →Canton Neuchâtel →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Neuchâtel (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.99 %

Second homes

12.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

8'695

Built before 194634.5%

Built since 200120.5%

0.99 %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

6'881

Workplaces

1'178

Services share

59.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 344 (5.0%) · Secondary 2'460 (35.8%) · Tertiary 4'077 (59.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

118

Organic share

14.4 %

Farmland

5'103 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 88 min · Car 56 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 16/24 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6487

Websiteval-de-ruz.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Val-de-Ruz ranks

37

Largest municipalities17'543 #3 NE · #75 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #17 NE · #1312 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #8 NE · #802 CH Jobs per resident0.39 #14 NE · #903 CH Families & children22.8% #7 NE · #364 CH Age structure18.1% #22 NE · #1633 CH Women share50.3% #11 NE · #771 CH Foreign residents17.8% #13 NE · #1058 CH Population density141/km² #12 NE · #1263 CH Tax burden18'157 #6 NE · #2087 CH Taxes66% #4 NE Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #10 NE · #1443 CH Sunniest municipalities42.8% #18 NE · #1029 CH Rainiest municipalities1'195 mm #16 NE · #702 CH Voter turnout49.4% #13 NE · #1831 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #10 NE · #575 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #7 NE · #928 CH SVP strongholds21.1% #12 NE · #1737 CH SP strongholds19.8% #12 NE · #482 CH Centre strongholds2.6% #10 NE · #2021 CH FDP strongholds23.8% #15 NE · #286 CH GLP strongholds6.8% #9 NE · #805 CH Green strongholds16.6% #5 NE · #74 CH Largest by area124.3 km² #2 NE · #50 CH Highest municipalities768 m #13 NE · #469 CH Second homes12.6% #16 NE · #832 CH Organic farming14.4% #13 NE · #893 CH Best-connected municipalities88 min #9 NE · #1536 CH Remotest municipalities88 min #16 NE · #599 CH Highest peaks1'529 m #1 NE · #455 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'015 m #11 NE · #409 CH Greatest vertical range864 m #3 NE · #480 CH Steepest municipalities11.5° #8 NE · #817 CH Solar potential154 GWh #3 NE · #29 CH Solar potential per capita8'751 kWh #15 NE · #1309 CH Cheapest electricity28.08 Rp./kWh #12 NE · #1352 CH Most expensive electricity28.08 Rp./kWh #18 NE · #760 CH

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Val-de-Ruz?: Val-de-Ruz has 21 postal codes: 2019, 2037, 2042, 2043, 2046, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2063 ….
What is the tax rate in Val-de-Ruz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Val-de-Ruz is 66% (2026); canton NE levies 124%.
How much tax do you pay in Val-de-Ruz?: A single person without children pays about 18'157 CHF income tax in Val-de-Ruz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 4 of 24 in canton NE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Val-de-Ruz have?: Val-de-Ruz has 17'543 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Val-de-Ruz?: Val-de-Ruz has 3'126 foreign residents, a share of 17.82% (2025).

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