What is the postal code of Veyrier?

Veyrier has 2 postal codes: 1234, 1255.

What is the tax rate in Veyrier?

The municipal tax multiplier of Veyrier is 37% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Veyrier?

A single person without children pays about 14'821 CHF income tax in Veyrier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Veyrier have?

Veyrier has 12'225 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Veyrier?

Veyrier has 3'368 foreign residents, a share of 27.55% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GE

Veyrier

1234–1255

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'265 51.2%

Men

5'960 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'008 24.6%

Swiss citizens

8'857 72.5%

Foreign residents

3'368 27.6%

Population density

1'881 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'008 · 24.6%20–64 · 6'843 · 56.0%65+ · 2'374 · 19.4%

Foreign residents 27.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +140 (+1.2%) · 80 births · 186 deaths · net migration +306

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 Veyrier

BFS

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

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

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

27.09.2026Loi 13579 indemnité à la Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale – GenèveCantonal GE● Rejected · 41.5% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

27.09.2026Loi 13025 LDTR pour que les locataires puissent devenir, s’ils le souhaitent, propriétaires de leur propre logementCantonal GE● Rejected · 36.5% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

27.09.2026Loi 13725 crédit de 39 500 000 francs pour la réalisation de projets transfrontaliersCantonal GE● Accepted · 56.8% Yes

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

27.09.2026IN 198 « Pour une contraception gratuite »Cantonal GE● Accepted · 58.5% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

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

49.7% YesNo 50.3%

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

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

14.06.2026Loi sur les heures d'ouverture des magasins (LHOM) (Ouverture du dimanche)Cantonal GE● Accepted · 52.8% Yes

64.3% YesNo 35.7%

14.06.2026Loi pour une expression non ostentatoire des convictions religieusesCantonal GE● Accepted · 51.4% Yes

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP23.4% · strongest party

FDP23.4%

SVP16.4%

GRÜNE13.2%

SP13.2%

Mitte10.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier37%

Cantonal tax multiplier147.5%

37%GE range 25%51%

Tax rank 10 of 45 in canton Geneva

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'821 CHF(14.8%)

Rank 10 of 45 in the canton · 979 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'212 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Cologny 13'885 CHF · most expensive Avully 15'914 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'821 CHF(~14.8%)

VeyrierCanton range GenevaSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Veyrier	Geneva	Switzerland median
40'000	4.9%	4.6–5.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.3%	6.8–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.4%	8.8–10.1%	10.5%
70'000	11.1%	10.4–12%	11.9%
80'000	12.5%	11.7–13.4%	13.1%
90'000	13.6%	12.7–14.6%	14.1%
100'000	14.8%	13.9–15.9%	15.3%
110'000	15.9%	14.9–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.9%	15.8–18.1%	17.2%
130'000	17.7%	16.6–18.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.5%	17.4–19.8%	19%
150'000	19.2%	18.1–20.6%	19.7%
175'000	21%	19.8–22.4%	21.6%
200'000	22.5%	21.3–24%	23.2%
225'000	23.9%	22.6–25.5%	24.6%
250'000	25.2%	23.8–26.7%	25.8%
275'000	26.2%	24.8–27.8%	26.8%
300'000	27%	25.6–28.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020837 mm

11.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

433 m

Mean elevation

417 m

Relief

55 m

Mean slope

2.3°

Flat share

89.2%

South-facing

0.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 55 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

66.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

80.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'700

Per inhabitant

5'421 kWh/yr

66 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

24.43 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.33 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

24.43 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.43 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services industriels de Genève

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 300752 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Geneva539 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Veyrier →Canton Geneva →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Geneva (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

0.31 %

Second homes

11 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

4'546

Built before 19469.4%

Built since 200127.7%

0.31 %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

2'824

Workplaces

571

Services share

89.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 28 (1.0%) · Secondary 260 (9.2%) · Tertiary 2'536 (89.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

344 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 32 min · Car 21 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 31/45 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6645

Head of governmentAline Tagliabue

Websiteveyrier.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Veyrier ranks

Largest municipalities12'225 #12 GE · #131 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #17 GE · #708 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #29 GE · #1406 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #32 GE · #1657 CH Families & children24.6% #9 GE · #114 CH Age structure19.4% #18 GE · #1366 CH Women share51.2% #24 GE · #331 CH Foreign residents27.6% #26 GE · #425 CH Population density1'881/km² #12 GE · #87 CH Tax burden14'821 #11 GE · #980 CH Taxes37% #10 GE Warmest municipalities11.1 °C #10 GE · #63 CH Sunniest municipalities47.3% #30 GE · #412 CH Rainiest municipalities837 mm #45 GE · #2030 CH Voter turnout58.1% #22 GE · #815 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #7 GE · #280 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #34 GE · #1217 CH SVP strongholds16.4% #26 GE · #1937 CH SP strongholds13.2% #28 GE · #1151 CH Centre strongholds10.5% #13 GE · #1158 CH FDP strongholds23.4% #12 GE · #302 CH GLP strongholds9.7% #9 GE · #363 CH Green strongholds13.2% #32 GE · #237 CH Largest by area6.5 km² #15 GE · #1340 CH Highest municipalities425 m #26 GE · #1746 CH Second homes11% #36 GE · #1048 CH Organic farming16.7% #28 GE · #821 CH Best-connected municipalities32 min #20 GE · #119 CH Remotest municipalities32 min #31 GE · #2010 CH Highest peaks433 m #36 GE · #2052 CH Highest-lying municipalities417 m #25 GE · #1924 CH Greatest vertical range55 m #33 GE · #2025 CH Steepest municipalities2.3° #23 GE · #1984 CH Solar potential66 GWh #10 GE · #193 CH Solar potential per capita5'421 kWh #32 GE · #1917 CH Cheapest electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #44 GE · #322 CH Most expensive electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #45 GE · #1828 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Vessy1234 Veyrier1255

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Veyrier?: Veyrier has 2 postal codes: 1234, 1255.
What is the tax rate in Veyrier?: The municipal tax multiplier of Veyrier is 37% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Veyrier?: A single person without children pays about 14'821 CHF income tax in Veyrier on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Veyrier have?: Veyrier has 12'225 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Veyrier?: Veyrier has 3'368 foreign residents, a share of 27.55% (2025).

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