What is the postal code of Wenslingen?

Wenslingen has 2 postal codes: 4493, 4495.

What is the tax rate in Wenslingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wenslingen is 58% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Wenslingen?

A single person without children pays about 16'082 CHF income tax in Wenslingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wenslingen have?

Wenslingen has 704 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wenslingen?

Wenslingen has 53 foreign residents, a share of 7.53% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Sissach

Wenslingen

4493–4495

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

369 52.4%

Men

335 47.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

133 18.9%

Swiss citizens

651 92.5%

Foreign residents

53 7.5%

Population density

119 pop./km²

0–19 · 133 · 18.9%20–64 · 369 · 52.4%65+ · 202 · 28.7%

Foreign residents 7.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −8 (−1.1%) · 4 births · 10 deaths · net migration −5

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 Wenslingen

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 Sissach: 25.0% Yes

24.4% YesNo 75.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 29.1% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.4%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 38.0% Yes

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 41.9% Yes

41.1% YesNo 58.9%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 32.6% Yes

33.6% YesNo 66.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 54.1% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 51.2% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.6%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 54.4% Yes

56.2% YesNo 43.8%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 44.9% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Sissach: 48.3% Yes

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

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%

SP20.1%

GRÜNE14.1%

FDP9.7%

EVP6.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier58%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

58%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 30 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'082 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 25 of 86 in the canton · 1309 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'082 CHF(~16.1%)

WenslingenCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wenslingen	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	6.2%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8.5%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.5%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	12.2%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	13.6%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	14.8%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.3%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	21%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	27%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	28%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'041 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

664 m

Mean elevation

596 m

Relief

154 m

Mean slope

5.4°

Flat share

67.0%

South-facing

9.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 154 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

8.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'900

Per inhabitant

12'031 kWh/yr

8 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

25.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.62 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.64 Rp./kWh

25.7 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EBL (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland)

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 300635 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Wenslingen →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Basel-Landschaft. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Basel-Landschaft (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

0.29 %

Second homes

10.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

350

Built before 194649.7%

Built since 200112.6%

0.29 %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

164

Workplaces

Services share

75 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 25 (15.2%) · Secondary 16 (9.8%) · Tertiary 123 (75.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

325 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 43 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 8/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2865

Websitewenslingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Sissach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wenslingen ranks

Largest municipalities704 #63 BL · #1650 CH Growing municipalities-1.1% #78 BL · #1845 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.1% #9 BL · #265 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #57 BL · #1632 CH Families & children18.9% #55 BL · #1472 CH Age structure28.7% #7 BL · #143 CH Women share52.4% #3 BL · #86 CH Foreign residents7.5% #82 BL · #1895 CH Population density119/km² #67 BL · #1370 CH Tax burden16'082 #30 BL · #1317 CH Taxes58% #30 BL Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #62 BL · #713 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #74 BL · #1497 CH Rainiest municipalities1'041 mm #31 BL · #1433 CH Voter turnout60.8% #10 BL · #517 CH SVP strongholds37.2% #41 BL · #825 CH SP strongholds20.1% #48 BL · #465 CH Centre strongholds4.6% #84 BL · #1834 CH FDP strongholds9.7% #61 BL · #1431 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #80 BL · #1512 CH Green strongholds14.1% #6 BL · #179 CH Largest by area5.9 km² #43 BL · #1408 CH Highest municipalities579 m #16 BL · #892 CH Second homes10.8% #34 BL · #1073 CH Organic farming0% #81 BL · #1811 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #79 BL · #817 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #8 BL · #1299 CH Highest peaks664 m #42 BL · #1313 CH Highest-lying municipalities596 m #20 BL · #1022 CH Greatest vertical range154 m #74 BL · #1569 CH Steepest municipalities5.4° #75 BL · #1493 CH Solar potential8 GWh #50 BL · #1658 CH Solar potential per capita12'031 kWh #9 BL · #750 CH Cheapest electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #43 BL · #766 CH Most expensive electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #60 BL · #1358 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Wenslingen4493 Zeglingen4495

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wenslingen?: Wenslingen has 2 postal codes: 4493, 4495.
What is the tax rate in Wenslingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wenslingen is 58% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Wenslingen?: A single person without children pays about 16'082 CHF income tax in Wenslingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wenslingen have?: Wenslingen has 704 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wenslingen?: Wenslingen has 53 foreign residents, a share of 7.53% (2025).

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