What is the postal code of Vuarrens?

The postal code of Vuarrens is 1418.

What is the tax rate in Vuarrens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vuarrens is 73.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Vuarrens?

A single person without children pays about 16'388 CHF income tax in Vuarrens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 208 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vuarrens have?

Vuarrens has 1'113 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vuarrens?

Vuarrens has 170 foreign residents, a share of 15.27% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Gros-de-Vaud

Vuarrens

1418

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

536 48.2%

Men

577 51.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

319 28.7%

Swiss citizens

943 84.7%

Foreign residents

170 15.3%

Population density

124 pop./km²

0–19 · 319 · 28.7%20–64 · 680 · 61.1%65+ · 114 · 10.2%

Foreign residents 15.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−0.5%) · 12 births · 4 deaths · net migration −17

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 Vuarrens

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 du Gros-de-Vaud: 19.4% Yes

14.1% YesNo 85.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 28.8% Yes

34.3% YesNo 65.7%

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 du Gros-de-Vaud: 58.2% Yes

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 52.8% Yes

63.2% YesNo 36.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 43.9% Yes

50.6% YesNo 49.4%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 37.7% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 51.0% Yes

55.4% YesNo 44.6%

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 du Gros-de-Vaud: 40.8% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

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 du Gros-de-Vaud: 43.4% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 65.1% Yes

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.2% · strongest party

SVP37.2%

FDP21.2%

SP15.6%

GLP7.7%

GRÜNE7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier73.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

73.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 209 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'388 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 208 of 300 in the canton · 1498 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:16'388 CHF(~16.4%)

VuarrensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vuarrens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.4%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.1%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.8%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.8%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.5%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.7%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'041 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

705 m

Mean elevation

658 m

Relief

122 m

Mean slope

3.6°

Flat share

79.7%

South-facing

3.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 122 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

12.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

16.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'800

Per inhabitant

11'213 kWh/yr

12 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

28.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

28.59 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 Vuarrens →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

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

447

Built before 194642.3%

Built since 200138.3%

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

183

Workplaces

Services share

57.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 40 (21.9%) · Secondary 38 (20.8%) · Tertiary 105 (57.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5 %

Farmland

560 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 66 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 95/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5539

Head of governmentClaude Duvoisin

Websitevuarrens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Gros-de-Vaud

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Vuarrens ranks

Largest municipalities1'113 #130 VD · #1386 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #218 VD · #1662 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #83 VD · #448 CH Jobs per resident0.16 #256 VD · #1961 CH Families & children28.7% #3 VD · #5 CH Age structure10.2% #296 VD · #2104 CH Women share48.2% #268 VD · #1828 CH Foreign residents15.3% #220 VD · #1260 CH Population density124/km² #159 VD · #1350 CH Tax burden16'388 #209 VD · #1500 CH Taxes73.5% #209 VD Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #200 VD · #1003 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #216 VD · #823 CH Rainiest municipalities1'041 mm #167 VD · #1434 CH Voter turnout61.2% #154 VD · #484 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #92 VD · #869 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #36 VD · #611 CH SVP strongholds37.2% #31 VD · #828 CH SP strongholds15.6% #247 VD · #888 CH Centre strongholds3.9% #209 VD · #1915 CH FDP strongholds21.2% #180 VD · #380 CH GLP strongholds7.7% #132 VD · #633 CH Green strongholds7.3% #252 VD · #1032 CH Largest by area9 km² #99 VD · #1047 CH Highest municipalities677 m #87 VD · #645 CH Second homes8.7% #203 VD · #1463 CH Organic farming5% #186 VD · #1530 CH Best-connected municipalities66 min #206 VD · #974 CH Remotest municipalities66 min #95 VD · #1151 CH Highest peaks705 m #145 VD · #1193 CH Highest-lying municipalities658 m #106 VD · #860 CH Greatest vertical range122 m #203 VD · #1725 CH Steepest municipalities3.6° #227 VD · #1824 CH Solar potential12 GWh #129 VD · #1388 CH Solar potential per capita11'213 kWh #142 VD · #878 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #147 VD · #1445 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #96 VD · #604 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1418

Vuarrens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Vuarrens1418

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Essertines-sur-Yverdon

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vuarrens?: The postal code of Vuarrens is 1418.
What is the tax rate in Vuarrens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vuarrens is 73.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Vuarrens?: A single person without children pays about 16'388 CHF income tax in Vuarrens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 208 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vuarrens have?: Vuarrens has 1'113 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vuarrens?: Vuarrens has 170 foreign residents, a share of 15.27% (2025).

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