What is the postal code of Wassen?

Wassen has 2 postal codes: 6484, 6485.

What is the tax rate in Wassen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wassen is 108% (2026); canton UR levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Wassen?

A single person without children pays about 12'090 CHF income tax in Wassen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 19 in canton UR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wassen have?

Wassen has 425 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wassen?

Wassen has 138 foreign residents, a share of 32.47% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton UR

Wassen

6484–6485

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

198 46.6%

Men

227 53.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

76 17.9%

Swiss citizens

287 67.5%

Foreign residents

138 32.5%

Population density

4 pop./km²

0–19 · 76 · 17.9%20–64 · 248 · 58.4%65+ · 101 · 23.8%

Foreign residents 32.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−1.4%) · 6 births · 5 deaths · net migration −7

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 Wassen

BFS

4.6% YesNo 95.5%

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

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

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

58.3% YesNo 41.7%

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

74.8% YesNo 25.2%

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

20.6% YesNo 79.4%

9.4% YesNo 90.6%

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

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

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

62.0% YesNo 38.0%

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

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

66.7% YesNo 33.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.4% · strongest party

SVP54.4%

Mitte42.4%

Übrige3.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier108%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

108%UR range 91%117%

Tax rank 15 of 19 in canton Uri

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'090 CHF(12.1%)

Rank 14 of 19 in the canton · 320 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 11'842 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Schattdorf 11'246 CHF · most expensive Isenthal 12'536 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:12'090 CHF(~12.1%)

WassenCanton range UriSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wassen	Uri	Switzerland median
40'000	7%	6.5–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.3%	7.7–8.7%	7.8%
60'000	9.5%	8.7–9.8%	10.5%
70'000	10.3%	9.5–10.7%	11.9%
80'000	10.9%	10.1–11.4%	13.1%
90'000	11.4%	10.6–11.8%	14.1%
100'000	12.1%	11.2–12.5%	15.3%
110'000	12.7%	11.8–13.1%	16.3%
120'000	13.2%	12.3–13.6%	17.2%
130'000	13.6%	12.7–14.1%	18.1%
140'000	14.1%	13.2–14.6%	19%
150'000	14.6%	13.6–15%	19.7%
175'000	15.7%	14.7–16.2%	21.6%
200'000	16.7%	15.7–17.2%	23.2%
225'000	17.5%	16.6–18%	24.6%
250'000	18.3%	17.3–18.9%	25.8%
275'000	19%	18–19.5%	26.8%
300'000	19.5%	18.5–20.1%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20203.6 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)1.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'576 mm

3.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'396 m

Mean elevation

2'077 m

Relief

2'620 m

Mean slope

33.3°

Flat share

0.9%

South-facing

27.5%

Above 2000 m

58.6%

Relief 2'620 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

5.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'200

Per inhabitant

12'565 kWh/yr

5 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.25 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.94 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator energieUri 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

Standard model, deductible 300495 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Uri324 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Wassen →Canton Uri →Premiums explained →

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

0.52 %

Second homes

39 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

382

Built before 194658.4%

Built since 20016.5%

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

0.52 %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

278

Workplaces

Services share

68.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 35 (12.6%) · Secondary 53 (19.1%) · Tertiary 190 (68.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

255 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 136 min · Car 73 min

AgglomerationPT 55 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 6/19 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1220

Websitewassen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wassen ranks

Largest municipalities425 #16 UR · #1871 CH Growing municipalities-1.4% #17 UR · #1900 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.4% #3 UR · #209 CH Jobs per resident0.65 #3 UR · #272 CH Families & children17.9% #11 UR · #1683 CH Age structure23.8% #8 UR · #542 CH Women share46.6% #13 UR · #2033 CH Foreign residents32.5% #1 UR · #217 CH Population density4/km² #18 UR · #2084 CH Tax burden12'090 #15 UR · #321 CH Taxes108% #15 UR Warmest municipalities3.6 °C #11 UR · #2042 CH Sunniest municipalities47.3% #6 UR · #399 CH Rainiest municipalities1'576 mm #10 UR · #189 CH Voter turnout52.5% #8 UR · #1528 CH SVP strongholds54.4% #4 UR · #129 CH Centre strongholds42.4% #17 UR · #113 CH Largest by area96.9 km² #3 UR · #69 CH Highest municipalities1'889 m #4 UR · #39 CH Second homes39% #6 UR · #213 CH Organic farming6.3% #16 UR · #1462 CH Best-connected municipalities136 min #14 UR · #2009 CH Remotest municipalities136 min #6 UR · #97 CH Highest peaks3'396 m #3 UR · #48 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'077 m #5 UR · #77 CH Greatest vertical range2'620 m #5 UR · #59 CH Steepest municipalities33.3° #3 UR · #31 CH Solar potential5 GWh #15 UR · #1882 CH Solar potential per capita12'565 kWh #6 UR · #684 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #18 UR · #228 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #15 UR · #1891 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Meien6485 Wassen UR6484

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wassen?: Wassen has 2 postal codes: 6484, 6485.
What is the tax rate in Wassen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wassen is 108% (2026); canton UR levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Wassen?: A single person without children pays about 12'090 CHF income tax in Wassen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 19 in canton UR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wassen have?: Wassen has 425 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wassen?: Wassen has 138 foreign residents, a share of 32.47% (2025).

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